Container shipping companies adjust their services in response to market dynamics and operational hurdles. Stay informed of upcoming changes with Kuehne+Nagel's carrier service update, published bi-weekly on Sea News and seaexplorer.
New & updated services
Asia ↔ Mediterranean/Black Sea
Maersk launches the AE19 service with a new port rotation.
- Carrier service name: AE19
- Port rotation: Xingang – Qingdao – Busan – Ningbo – Shanghai – Tanjung Pelepas – West Med hub – East Med hub – Jeddah – East Med hub – West Med hub – Singapore – Xingang
- First sailing:13 Mar 2026
CMA CGM re-launches the previously suspended REDEX service, reconnecting the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. The service operates with an average vessel capacity of 2,500 TEU.
- Carrier service name: REDEX
- Port rotation: Marsaxlokk - Alexandria - Aqaba - Jeddah - Port Said - Marsaxlokk
- First sailing: 20 Mar 2026
Asia ↔ North America
CMA CGM revises the CPNW Transpacific service, replacing the port call at Kaohsiung with Kwangyang while maintaining its connection between Asia and the North America West Coast. Eight vessels are deployed on the service with an average vessel capacity of 8,500 TEU.
- Carrier service name: CPNW
- Port rotation: Vancouver - Seattle - Kwangyang - Xiamen - Yantian - Ningbo - Shanghai - Busan - Vancouver
- First sailing: 28 Mar 2026
CMA CGM also updates the EX1 and PEARL services with a new rotation, dropping the call in Shanghai.
- Carrier service name: EX1
- Port rotation: Qingdao – Busan – Kobe – Nagoya – Yokohama – Los Angeles – Oakland – Yokohama – Naha – Busan – Qingdao
- First sailing: 26 Apr 2026
- Carrier service name: PEARL
- Port rotation: Nhava Sheva – Mundra – Karachi – Colombo – Singapore – Haiphong – Xiamen – Nansha – Yantian – Los Angeles – Gwangyang – Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Nhava Sheva – Mundra – Karachi
- First sailing: 30 Mar 2026, vessel: APL QINGDAO
ONE, within Premier Alliance, revises the port rotation of the PN1 Transpacific service connecting Asia to the North America West Coast by dropping the port call at Xiamen. Seven vessels are deployed on the service with an average vessel capacity of 6,000 TEU.
- Carrier service name: PN1
- Port rotation: Kaohsiung - Ningbo - Nagoya - Tokyo - Tacoma - Vancouver -Tokyo - Kobe - Nagoya - Kaohsiung
- First sailing: 19 Apr 2026
Asia ↔ North Europe
Evergreen, as part of Ocean Alliance, revises the port rotation of the CES Asia–North Europe service by adding a port call at Taipei. Fourteen vessels are deployed on the service with an average vessel capacity of 16,500 TEU.
- Carrier service name: CES
- Port rotation: Tianjin Xingang - Ningbo - Shanghai - Taipei - Yantian - Singapore - Colombo - Felixstowe - Antwerp - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Singapore - Tianjin Xingang
- First sailing: 02 Apr 2026
Asia ↔ Oceania
Maersk updates this service with a new port rotation.
- Carrier service name: Southern Star
- Port rotation: Tanjung Pelepas – Singapore – Sydney – Tauranga – Napier – Lyttelton – Port Chalmers – Tanjung Pelepas
- First sailing: Apr 2026
Asia ↔ South America
ONE updates this service with a new port rotation.
- Carrier service name: AX4
- Port rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo – Qingdao – Pusan – Ensenada – Lazaro Cardenas – Manzanillo – Callao – Ecuador – Shanghai
- First sailing: 01 Apr 2026
HMM launches this service with a new rotation connecting Asia with South America.
- Carrier service name: NW4
- Port rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo – Qingdao – Busan – Ensenada – Lazaro Cardenas – Manzanillo – Callao – Ecuador – Shanghai
- First sailing: 01 Apr 2026
ONE, together with HMM, revises the port rotation of the SX2/FL2 Asia–South America East Coast service by replacing the port call at Rio Grande with Rio de Janeiro. There are eleven vessels deployed on the service with an average vessel capacity of 4,600 TEU.
- Carrier service name: SX2/FL2
- Port rotation: Busan - Shanghai - Shekou - Singapore - Rio Grande - Rio de Janeiro - Santos - Itapoa - Singapore - Cai Mep - Haiphong - Busan
- First sailing: 01 Apr 2026
Indian Subcontinent ↔ Africa
CMA CGM launches this new service with an average vessel capacity of 1,800 TEU.
- Carrier service name: KANIMAMBO
- Port rotation: Colombo - Beira - Nacala - Colombo
- First sailing: 27 Mar 2026
Indian Subcontinent ↔ Europe
Gemini Cooperation, with Hapag-Lloyd as operator, temporarily revises the port rotation of the IOS Europe–Middle East/Indian Subcontinent service by dropping the port call at Jebel Ali.
- Carrier service name: IOS
- Port rotation: Salalah - Mundra - Nhava Sheva - Salalah - Tangier - Rotterdam - Wilhelmshaven - Hamburg - London Gateway - Tangier - Salalah
- First sailing: 19 Mar 2026
Mediterranean/Black Sea ↔ North Europe
CMA CGM launches the PHOEX service on this trade lane.
- Carrier service name: PHOEX
- Port rotation: Ningbo – Busan – Shanghai – Shekou – Singapore – Alexandria – Mersin
- First sailing: 01 Apr 2026
Maersk revises the port rotation of the SLB Intra-Europe service connecting North Europe to the Mediterranean by adding a port call at Damietta. The service operates with an average vessel capacity of 3,600 TEU.
- Carrier service name: SLB
- Port rotation: Tilbury – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven – Antwerp – Ashdod – Alexandria – Damietta – Port Said
- First sailing: 20 Apr 2026
North Europe ↔ North America
CMA CGM launches this service with a port rotation at the end of April.
- Carrier service name: Panama Direct
- Port rotation: Zeebrugge – Rotterdam – Dunkerque – Le Havre – Cork – New York – Savannah
- First sailing: 28 Apr 2026
North Europe ↔ South America
Hapag-Lloyd, together with MSC, revises the port rotation of the ECX/NWC to SAEC North Europe–South America East Coast service by changing the order of port calls at London Gateway and Rotterdam. Eleven vessels are deployed on the service with an average vessel capacity of 9,800 TEU.
- Carrier service name: ECX/NWC to SAEC
- Port rotation: due to depart from Tangier on 09/03/2026
- First sailing: 09 Mar 2026
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