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.
Asia ↔ Africa
CMA CGM announced dividing its WAX services into three dedicated loops by introducing WAX1 as part of a restructured Asia–West Africa network.
- Carrier service name: WAX1
- Port rotation: Qingdao – Ningbo – Nansha – Shekou – Singapore – Colombo – Abidjan – Lekki – Kribi – Colombo – Vung Tau
- First sailing: 30 Mar 2026, CMA CGM Zephyr
CMA CGM and Maersk are launching WAX2/FEW3 as a dedicated loop within their upgraded West Africa coverage.
- Carrier service name: WAX2 (CMA CGM) / Maersk (FEW3)
- Port rotation: Qingdao – Ningbo – Nansha – Tanjung Pelepas – Tema – Abidjan – Pointe Noire – Tanjung Pelepas
- First sailing: 30 Mar 2026, Maersk Campbell
CMA CGM maintains the WAX3 loop as part of its three‑loop West Africa setup.
- Carrier service name: WAX3
- Port rotation: Singapore – Tanjung Pelepas – Lome – Apapa – Onne – Cotonou
- First sailing: 31 Mar 2026
Maersk is introducing the FEW1 service to strengthen Asia–West Africa connectivity.
- Carrier service name: FEW1
- Port rotation: Qingdao – Ningbo – Nansha New Port – Shekou – Singapore – Abidjan – Lekki – Kribi – Vung Tau
- First sailing: 29 Mar 2026, Maersk Campbell
Asia ↔ Mediterranean/Black Sea
The Gemini Cooperation is enhancing the AE15 service with a new call at Damietta.
- Port rotation: Izmit – Istanbul – Port Said – Damietta – Singapore – Qingdao – Gwangyang – Ningbo – Tanjung Pelepas – Port Said
- First sailing: 14 Feb 2026, Essen Express
MSC updates the Jade service operated by the carrier, revising the port rotation.
- Carrier service name: Jade
- Port rotation: Qingdao - Busan - Ningbo - Shanghai - Xiamen - Yantian - Singapore - Valencia - Barcelona - Fos-sur-Mer - Gioia Tauro - Singapore - Qingdao
- First sailing: 17 Feb 2026, MSC Mette
Asia ↔ North America
Premier Alliance is updating the FP2 service by adding Haiphong and improving schedule reliability.
- Carrier service name: FP2
- Port rotation: Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Haiphong – Yantian – Pusan – Tacoma – Vancouver – Pusan – Kaohsiung – Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Singapore
Hapag-Lloyd is adjusting the WC1 rotation between Asia and the West Coast of North America to enhance reliability.
- Carrier service name: WC1
- Port rotation: Laem Chabang – Vung Tau – Yantian – Los Angeles – Yantian – Laem Chabang
- First sailing: 01 Mar 2026
The Ocean Alliance introduced an update of the HTW service operated by Evergreen, revising the port rotation.
- Carrier service name: HTW
- Port rotation: Los Angeles - Oakland - Kaohsiung - Port Klang - Cai Mep - Taipei - Kaohsiung - Yantian - Los Angeles
- First sailing: 13 Feb 2026, Ever Mode
MSC updates the Dragon service, revising the port rotation.
- Carrier service name: Dragon
- Port rotation: Busan - Ningbo - Shanghai - Nansha - Yantian - Singapore - Trieste - Gioia Tauro - Genoa - La Spezia - Sines - New York - Boston - Norfolk - Charleston - Freeport - Busan
- First sailing: 27 Feb 2026, MSC Thais
Indian Subcontinent ↔ Mediterranean
The Gemini Cooperation is revising the ME11 (Maersk) service to shift from a Cape routing to a Suez routing.
- Carrier service name: ME11
- Port rotation: Mundra – Nhava Sheva – Salalah – Port Said – Tangier Med – Valencia – Port Said – Salalah – Jebel Ali – Mundra
- First sailing: 01 Feb 2026
Mediterranean/Black Sea ↔ Africa
CMA CGM updates the BSMAR service, revising the port rotation.
- Carrier service name: BSMAR
- Port rotation: Marsaxlokk - Barcelona - Valencia - Casablanca - Tangier - Marsaxlokk - Izmit - Constantza - Izmit - Ambarli - Gebze - Aliaga - Marsaxlokk
- First sailing: 07 Feb 2026, CMA CGM Topaz
For more point-to-point service options, including transit times across major ocean carriers, refer to seaexplorer.
