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Major liners set to resume all Asia-Europe services through Suez

All the mainline operators look set to resume Suez Canal transits for their Asia-North Europe and Asia-Mediterranean services. Taiwan's Evergreen will join its Ocean Alliance partners in doing just that this week, while Yang Ming and South Korea's HMM will join their Premier Alliance partners restarting Suez crossings next month. Linerlytica's report today says Evergreen will send the 16,556 teu Ever Eon and Ever Edit on eastbound Suez transits on the Ocean Alliance's NEU7/CES service on 7 and 11 November, respectively, with the 20,124 teu Ever Gifted on the alliance's MD2 service on 16 November. The Premier Alliance's Asia Mediterranean 1 (MD1) service will resume Suez transits next month, adding a new call at Sokhna to cater for Asia-Red Sea cargo. The revised MD1 rotation will call at Ningbo, Shanghai, Shekou, Singapore, Sokhna, (Suez Canal), Damietta, Ambarli, Izmit, Mersin, Damietta, (via Suez), Singapore, Kaohsiung, and Ningbo, starting with Yang Ming's 11,714 teu YM Trust at Ningbo on 13 November. The revised MD1 will turn in 84 days and will deploy 12 ships of 11,700 to 14,000 teu from Yang Ming, compared with 16 ships on the present Cape route. Shipping lines turned away from Suez and diverted vessels round the Cape of Good Hope in late 2023, after the Houthis began attacking vessels in response to Israel's conflict with Palestine. In recent months, vessel capacity constraints, and competitive pressures following a temporary easing of regional security risks, have convinced shipping lines to resume Suez crossings. Israeli carrier Zim is the only major shipping line sticking to the Cape route, possibly due to its nationality. HMM's spokesperson told The Loadstar South Korea's flagship carrier had assessed the risks before deciding to resume Suez transits. She said: "This matter was decided and agreed upon from a Premier Alliance perspective, following a comprehensive review of market conditions and safety aspects." Linerlytica said: "All three main carrier alliances, along with MSC, are set to make a full return to the Suez by Q1 27, leaving Zim as the only main carrier left on the Cape route." The Gemini Cooperation partners, Maersk and Hapah-Lloyd, have also signalled a full Suez resumption by Q1 27, and launched a new Asia-Mediterranean service that passes through the canal. The shortened sailing times do not augur well for Asia-Europe and Asia-Mediterranean rates, however, with the 1 November price hikes failing to gain traction, and further rate declines are expected in the coming weeks, as supply growth is not outpacing growth in demand. With this, shipping lines are also adding more Red Sea calls to capitalise on rising Shanghai-Persian Gulf rates. Evergreen is relaunching its China-Red Sea service on 12 November to coincide with the resumption of its Suez transits. The OGRD service will call at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Jeddah, Sokhna, Aqaba, Jeddah, Port Klang, and Qingdao. The service will turn in 56 days but will initially only deploy four 7,000-9,000 teu ships, operating on a fortnightly basis starting with the 7,024 teu Ever Superb at Qingdao. MSC has extended its Far East-Indian subcontinent Shikra service to Khor Fakkan in the UAE and Oman's Sohar port, as it capitalises on the high demand and freight rates to the Middle East, despite severe congestion at these ports. The first Khor Fakkan call was made on 18 October, by the 24,346 teu MSC Micol under the new Shikra rotation that calls at Dalian, Xingang, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Singapore, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Khor Fakkan, Sohar, and Dalian. The extended service will turn in 15 weeks, using up to 15 14,000-24,000 teu ships. The largest of them will call at the western Indian ports as well as Khor Fakkan and Sohar. These ships will face severe delays, especially at Khor Fakkan, with waiting times of more than two weeks to berth.

Emirates SkyCargo launches specialised AI tech shipment service

Emirates SkyCargo has launched a dedicated product designed to help customers move critical and sensitive AI infrastructure safely and on time. AI Tech is tailored for AI server racks, semiconductors, GPUs, capital equipment and other critical hardware infrastructure. The service combines globally standardised dedicated handling procedures to maintain equipment orientation and minimise risk of damage; priority loading and scheduling for time-critical deployments; airport-to-airport shipment visibility, with milestone updates monitored through Emirates SkyCargo's command centre in Dubai; proactive customer communication and coordination throughout the shipment journey; and specialist project cargo support for oversized and heavy cargo. With increasing sophistication of computing and processing systems around the world and accelerating adoption of AI technologies, the movement of technology equipment has become increasingly complex, said Emirates SkyCargo. Large-scale deployments often involve high value cargo, compressed timelines and specialised handling requirements. Badr Abbas, divisional senior vice president, Emirates SkyCargo said: "Behind every AI breakthrough is physical infrastructure that needs to arrive safely and on time. "AI Tech is designed to give customers confidence that their critical equipment will move seamlessly across our network, supported by operational oversight and proactive communication. "In July alone, we transported more than 700 tonnes of AI infrastructure across our global network, and demand has continued to grow. As this sector expands, our ambition is to become the carrier of choice for companies operating across the AI ecosystem." For highly specialised manufacturing equipment, station capability assessments are conducted in advance to ensure shipment requirements can be safely accommodated.

Poor new year liner schedule reliability only improves as summer arrives

Global schedule reliability has become more seasonal, while weekly liner service deployments have grown increasingly volatile since the pandemic, according to new analysis by Sea-Intelligence. Drawing on its Global Liner Performance database, which tracks monthly vessel arrivals from July 2011 to September 2026, the consultant found a stronger relationship between declining punctuality and the severity of delays, at , alongside more pronounced seasonal fluctuations in reliability. While declining reliability has historically been associated with longer delays, the correlation between the two measures has shifted to a lower sustained level since the pandemic, indicating a tighter relationship between whether vessels arrive late and the magnitude of their delays than was evident before. Sea-Intelligence also identified a marked change in the seasonal pattern of global schedule reliability. Before the pandemic, between 2013 and 2019, reliability typically fell in the early months of the year, improved through spring and early summer, dipped slightly in late summer, before reaching another peak in October and November. However, the alignment of individual years with this established seasonal pattern has deteriorated since 2020. Comparing average monthly reliability across the two periods, Sea-Intelligence found that seasonal fluctuations have become more pronounced, with lower reliability at the start of the year and higher performance peaks during the summer. The consultant said the overall pattern had become more extreme compared with pre-pandemic conditions. Separate Sea-Intelligence analysis found that the number of weekly services operated on the main Asia-Europe and transpacific trades had become considerably more volatile. Using its Trade Capacity Outlook database, Sea-Intelligence measured weekly service numbers on four major routes: Asia-North America West Coast; Asia-North America East Coast; Asia-North Europe; and Asia-Mediterranean. The analysis accounted for fluctuations caused by new service launches and cancellations, blank sailings, schedule slippage, and seasonal or niche services. To measure changes in operational consistency, the consultant calculated the annual standard deviation in weekly service numbers as a percentage of the average number of services operated. The results showed a clear upward shift from 2020 across all four trades, indicating greater uncertainty about how many services would actually operate from one week to the next. The increase was particularly pronounced on the Asia-Europe routes, where variability rose more sharply than on the transpacific. Comparing average variability in 2013-2019 with 2020-2026, Sea-Intelligence found that Asia-North America East Coast experienced the smallest increase, at 26%, while Asia-North Europe recorded the largest, at 78%. The findings have implications beyond the planning challenges faced by cargo owners and logistics providers, as greater week-to-week fluctuations in service numbers also make it harder for container terminals to plan resources and manage workloads, as the number of vessels and volume of cargo requiring handling can change significantly. Sea-Intelligence warned that this increased the risk of sudden congestion, which could, in turn, undermine schedule reliability further.