New & Updated Services CMA CGM The intra-Asia arm of the French carrier will revise its ‘BBX’ service, adding a port call at Mongla. The service deploys two vessels with an average capacity of 2,000 TEU, and has the following port rotation: Chittagong – Mongla – Singapore – Port Klang – Chittagong. CMA CGM also announced that a new call at the Duba Port, Saudi Arabia, will be added to the JEDDEX service. According to a customer announcement, the carrier would be “the first shipping company to offer a direct connection from and to NEOM.” The first call will be performed on 25 February and will continue on a bi-weekly basis. With the inclusion of Duba, the JEDDEX rotation will be as follows: Jeddah - Duba - Ain Sukhna - Aqaba - Jeddah - Mombasa - Longoni - Mombasa – Jeddah. MSC A new Intra-South Africa service will be launched late January, connecting Ngqura (Coega) to Cape Town. The service ‘Shosholoza Feeder’ will deploy one vessel with a capacity of 3,600 TEU. The port rotation of the service will be as follows: Ngqura – Cape Town – Ngqura. Hapag-Lloyd Effective February 2023, Hapag-Lloyd will terminate its Asia-North Europe ‘CGX’ service and will join THE Alliance’s ‘FAL3’ service as a slot charterer. The last vessel on the service will be ‘Limari’, due to depart from Shanghai on 1 February. In addition, the carrier will join the Ocean Alliance Asia-Europe service under the name ‘FE9’ as of February as a slot charterer. The port rotation of this service is: Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Xiamen – Yantian – Singapore – Rotterdam – Southampton – Antwerp – Le Havre – Jeddah – Qingdao. The first vessel with Hapag-Lloyd on board will be ‘APL Merlion’, due to depart from Qingdao on 14 February. In addition, Hapag-Lloyd and Unifeeder will join the port rotation of the ‘IG1’ service as of February, connecting the Indian Subcontinent with the Middle East. The service will drop the port call in Bahrain and add a port call at Jubail. Three vessels will be deployed on this service, with an average capacity of 3,700 TEU. The revised port rotation will be as follows: Jebel Ali – Karachi – Mundra – Sohar – Jebel Ali – Shuaiba – Umm Qasr – Jubail – Jebel Ali. The first vessel with the revised rotation was the ‘Northern Dexterity’, which departed Jebel Ali on 24 January. The ‘FE2’ Asia-Europe service will be calling in Wilhelmshaven as of February 2023. The new port rotation will be: Shanghai – Ningbo – Nansha – Yantian – Singapore – Tangier – Southampton – Le Havre – Hamburg – Wilhelmshaven – Rotterdam – Singapore – Pusan. COSCO AWES/ISE - Effective January 2023, COSCO and OCCL will launch a new service connecting Asia to North America East Coast. The carrier will deploy ten vessels for this service with an average vessel capacity of 4,000 TEU. The port rotation of this service will be: Cai Mep – Laem Chabang – Singapore – Mundra – New York – Norfolk – Boston – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep. ZIM ZIM is upgrading its China Australia Express (CAX) service by adding new southbound calls at Nansha and Yantian, while the northbound call at Haiphong will be dropped. The new port rotation is: Shanghai – Ningbo – Xiamen – Nansha – Yantian – Sydney – Melbourne – Brisbane - Shanghai. Wan Hai Taiwanese carrier is launching a new service connecting Northeast Asia to South East Asia under service name ‘KSS’. Five vessels will be deployed for the service with an average vessel capacity of 3,000 TEU. The first vessel was ‘Wan Hai 355’, which departed from Incheon on 9 January. Port rotation is: Incheon – Kwangyang – Ulsan – Busan – Keelung – Kaohsiung – Shekou – Singapore – Port Klang – Penang – Pasir – Gudang – Singapore – Hong Kong – Kaohsiung – Taipei – Incheon. Multiple Carriers CMA CGM subsidiary Australian National Line (ANL), together with Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd and ONE announced revising their Asia-Oceania portfolio. Effective March 2023, the carriers will change the order of port calls at Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, Port Klang and Tanjung Pelepas. In addition, the carriers will name their services as follows: Maersk will rename the service ‘GAC’ ANL and CMA CGM will rename it ‘AAX-S’ Hapag-Lloyd will rename it ‘SAL’ ONE will rename it ‘AU1’ Seven vessels will be deployed on the service, with an average vessel capacity of 8,500 TEU. The revised port rotation of the service will be as follows: Adelaide – Fremantle – Port Klang – Tanjung Pelepas – Singapore – Melbourne – Sydney – Adelaide. The first vessel with the revised rotation will be ‘Maersk Stralsund’, which will be phased into the service at Port Klang. It is due to depart from Port Klang on 10 March. Furthermore, the group of carriers will revise the EAC Asia to Oceania service. Effective March 2023, ANL, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will drop the port calls at Port Klang, Melbourne, Adelaide and Fremantle and add a second northbound port call at Brisbane. The service will also be renamed as follows: Maersk will rename the service ‘EAC’ ANL will rename it ‘AAX-E’ Hapag-Lloyd will rename it ‘SEA’ ONE ‘AU2’ Six vessels will be deployed on the service, with an average vessel capacity of 5,700 TEU. The revised port rotation will be as follows: Tanjung Pelepas – Singapore – Brisbane – Sydney – Brisbane – Tanjung Pelepas. The first vessel with the revised rotation will be ‘GSL Christel Elisabeth’ due to depart from Port Klang on 8 March. Effective February 2023, CMA CGM, COSCO, Hapag-Lloyd and OOCL will revise the port rotation of the EPIC/IO3/IP1 service, which connects the Indian Subcontinent and the Middle East to Europe. The service will add a port call at Port Qasim and drop the port call at Karachi. There will be nine vessels deployed on the service, with an average vessel capacity of 9,000 TEU. The revised port rotation of the service will be as follows: Jebel Ali – Abu Dhabi – Karachi – Nhava Sheva – Mundra – Jeddah – Tangier – Southampton – Jebel Ali. Also effective February 2023, COSCO, OOCL, Yang Ming, ONE and Hapag-Lloyd will revise the port rotation of the IEX/IP3/IO3 service, by re-instating the temporarily dropped port calls at Visakhapatnam and Le Havre. Nine vessels will be deployed for the service, with an average vessel capacity of 7,000 TEU. The revised port rotation is: Damietta – Piraeus – Rotterdam – London Gateway – Hamburg – Antwerp – Le Havre – Damietta – Jeddah – Colombo – Visakhapatnam – Krishnapatnam – Chennai – Colombo – Cochin – Damietta. The 2M Alliance intends to revise its Transatlantic service starting February-March 2023. The alliance is removing the port call at Charleston from its ‘TA2’ service (Bremerhaven – Antwerp – Le Havre – New York – Norfolk – Baltimore – Savannah – New York – Bremerhaven) to its ‘TA3’ (Antwerp – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven – New York – Charleston – Veracruz – Altamira – New Orleans – Mobile – Freeport – Charleston – Antwerp) service effective late January. Making business even better… Going Green According to Container Management, Maersk and DP World Jebel Ali Port have entered into a long-term partnership for the decarbonisation of their common logistics business. The agreement includes giving priority to Maersk’s vessels at the facility and improving quayside productivity and reducing bunker fuel consumption. Container carrier Yang Ming plans to build five 15,000 TEU LNG-powered containerships. In addition, Yang Ming announced plans to install scrubbers on all its owned ships in order to reduce air pollution. Furthermore, CMA CGM acquired a stake in Neoline for the building of the first wind-propelled ro-ro ship. The ship is expected in June 2025 and will be built by the RMK Marine shipyard. The French carrier also launched a call for projects targeted at startups and businesses offering decarbonisation solutions within all areas of the French shipping industry, according to a press release. CMA CGM plans to invest €200 million in new projects, and the investment is will be backed up by the carrier's Fund for Energies. Investments Hapag-Lloyd acquired 49% of the shares in the Spinelli Group, one of Italy’s leading port operators and 35% of J M Baxi Ports & Logistics Limited (JMBPL), a leading private terminal and inland transport service provider in India. According to a press release by the carrier, the investment expands its involvement in the terminal sector. To this end, the carrier had earlier concluded an agreement to acquire a stake in the terminal business of Chile-based SM SAAM. Other In a joint statement, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Maersk A/S, announced their decision to dissolve their 2M alliance. The statement read, the carriers "have mutually agreed to terminate, effective in January 2025, the present 2M alliance. The statement, however, assured customers that the announcement "has no immediate impact on the services provided to customers using the 2M trades." A customer advisory shared by Maersk announced its intention to unify it brands and structure in a manner that "better reflects the reality of our customers." This move will include the rebranding of German carrier Hamburg Süd as well as Sealand. "We believe that by integrating these into the Maersk brand, we will be able to ease your logistical difficulties, whilst also offering you more variety, ease, and connectivity than ever before, all under one roof," added Maersk.