Carrier Service Update (26 November - 9 December 2025)

Premier Alliance to revise th port rotation of Asia - North America East Coast services, Ocean Alliance to update CES an CEM services

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 ↔ North America East Coast

This month, Premier Alliance will implement revised port rotations for the EC1, EC2, and EC3 services, all of which connect Asia with the North American East Coast. For EC1, the updated rotation will include additional port calls at Busan and Manzanillo.

Carrier service name: ONE (EC1), HMM (EC1), Yang Ming (EC1)
Port rotation: Savannah – Manzanillo (Panama) – Rodman – Busan – Kaohsiung – Yantian – Shanghai – Ningbo – Busan – New York – Norfolk – Savannah
First sailing: Conti Contessa, ETD Savannah 10 December

On 6 December 2025, Premier Alliance adjusted the port rotation for the EC2 service by introducing port calls at Cai Mep, Halifax, and Singapore, while removing calls at Xiamen, Busan, and Manzanillo (Panama).

Carrier service name: ONE (EC2), HMM (EC2), Yang Ming (EC2)
Port rotation: Savannah – Charleston – Norfolk – Halifax – Singapore – Cai Mep – Yantian – Ningbo – Shanghai – Busan – Manzanillo (Panama) – Savannah
First sailing: Hyundai Pluto, ETD Savannah on 6 December

Carrier Service Update (26 November - 9 December 2025)

As of 12 December 2025, Premier Alliance will amend the port rotation for the EC3 service by removing the port call at Halifax.

Carrier service name: ONE (EC3), HMM (EC3), Yang Ming (EC3)
Port rotation: New York – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore – Colombo – Halifax – New York – Jacksonville – Savannah – Charleston – Norfolk – New York– Tin Can Island – Antwerp – Le Havre – Lisbon – Tangier
First sailing: ONE Munchen, ETD New York on 12 December

Asia ↔ North Europe

In November 2025, Ocean Alliance updated the port rotations of the CES and CEM services, both connecting Asia to Northern Europe, by replacing the Port Klang call with Singapore on both services.

Carrier service name: MSC (IROKO) Evergreen (CES), CMA CGM (FAL8), COSCO (AEU9) and OOCL (LL7)
Port rotation: Rotterdam – Singapore – Tianjin Xingang – Ningbo – Shanghai – Yantian – Singapore – Antwerp – Hamburg – Rotterdam
First sailing: Ever Merci, ETD Rotterdam on 20 November.

The Ocean Alliance also updated the port rotations of the CES and CEM services, both connecting Asia to Northern Europe, by replacing the Port Klang call with Singapore on both services.

Carrier service name: Evergreen (CEM), CMA CGM (FAL6), COSCO (AEU5) and OOCL (LL6)
Port rotation: Hamburg – Rotterdam – Colombo – Singapore – Kaohsiung – Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Taipei – Yantian – Singapore – Rotterdam – Felixstowe – Hamburg
First sailing: Ever ACT, ETD Rotterdam on 18 November.

In addition, CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL, and ONE updated the port rotation of the AMERIGO/MENA/WMA/AT4 service, which connects the Mediterranean to the North American East Coast, by adding a port call at Halifax. The port call at Vado Ligure is temporarily omitted from the service and is scheduled to be reinstated in January 2026.

Carrier service name: Evergreen (CEM), CMA CGM (FAL6), COSCO (AEU5) and OOCL (LL6)
Port rotation: Algeciras – Halifax – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Miami – Algeciras – Salerno – La Spezia – Genoa – Vado Ligure* – Valencia – Algeciras
First sailing: CMA CGM Ambition, ETD Algeciras on 18 November.

Europe ↔ West Africa

This month, CMA CGM adjusted the port rotation of the EURAF1 service, which connects Europe to West Africa, by removing the port call at Algeciras.

Carrier service name: CMA CGM (EURAF1)
Port rotation: Montoir de Bretagne – Tangier – Dakar – Abidjan – Dakar – Tilbury – Dunkirk – Antwerp – Vlissingen – Le Havre – Montoir de BretagneDunkirk – Le Havre – New York – Savannah – Kingston – Papeete – Noumea – Brisbane – Sydney – Melbourne – Tauranga – Cartagena (Colombia) – Savannah – Philadelphia
First sailing: ANL Wyong, ETD Montoir de Bretagneon 5 December

Carrier Service Update (26 November - 9 December 2025)

Intra-Indian Subcontinent

Starting 15 December 2025, CMA CGM will introduce a new service connecting Sri Lanka with India and Pakistan. Branded as “PIKEX2,” the service will be operated by CMA CGM and feature two vessels, each with an average capacity of 2,100 TEU. The first vessel, Groton, is scheduled to depart from Colombo on December 15.

Carrier service name: PIKEX2
Port rotation: Colombo – Mangalore – Nhava Sheva – Mundra – Port Qasim – Colombo
First sailing: Groton, ETD Colombo on 15 December

North Europe ↔ South America East Coast

As of 10 December 2025, ONE, COSCO, and OOCL updated the port rotation of the LUX/EEX/ESE2 service, which connects Northern Europe to the South American East Coast, by replacing the port call at Itapoá with Itajaí.

Carrier service name: ONE (LUX), COSCO (ESE2) and OOCL (EEX)
Port rotation: Haiphong – Shanghai – Lazaro Cardenas Rotterdam – Felixstowe – Hamburg – Antwerp – Lisbon – Algeciras – Paranagua – Santos – Buenos Aires – Montevideo – Itajai – Santos – Rio de Janeiro – Algeciras – RotterdamHaiphong
First sailing: NYK Diana, ETD Rotterdam on 10 December.

Carrier Service Update (26 November - 9 December 2025)

North Europe↔Middle East

Effective January 24, 2026, the IOS service will update its port rotation by introducing Wilhelmshaven (Germany) as a new call. This enhancement positions Wilhelmshaven as a key gateway for Northern and Central Eastern Europe.

Carrier service name: Hapag-Lloyd (IOS)
Port rotation: Jebel Ali - Mundra - Nhava Sheva - Salalah - Tanger Med - Rotterdam - Wilhelmshaven - Hamburg - London Gateway - Tanger Med - Tanger Med - Salalah - Jebel Ali
First sailing: Los Angeles Express, ETD Algeciras on 24 January.

Source: seaexplorer, Sunday Spotlight, Linerlytica