Middle East and Africa Operational Updates for Week 36

Please find below the latest operational updates for the Middle East, India Subcontinent and Africa. You can also get an overview of more operational updates here.

India – Arabian Gulf Service 1 (IG1)
New IG1 vessel, Songa Iridium voyage 2134E will arrive in Jebel Ali, UAE on August 30, 2021. Vessel Northern Dexterity 2135E’s schedule has been adjusted and will arrive in Shuaiba, Kuwait on August 31, 2021. There are also some changes in the port rotation of the service as below, starting from Northern Dexterity 2135E.

• The port of Bahrain will be part of the eastbound voyage, expected arrival September 5, 2021
• Terminal 2 in Jebel Ali will be part of the eastbound voyage, expected arrival September 7, 2021, and September 20, 2021 on the westbound voyage
• The Sohar eastbound call will be dropped from the rotation
• Jebel Ali, UAE Terminal 3 eastbound window will be adjusted from Sunday 11:00 hrs – Monday 15:00 hrs to Monday 19:00 hrs – Tuesday 17:00 hrs

Asia Gulf – Express 2 (AG2)
Vessel Tayma voyage 018E will resume calling Abu Dhabi, UAE, expected to arrive on September 21, 2021

Asia Gulf – Express 2 (AG3)
In order to avoid congestion in Terminal 1, vessel YM Wellbeing 015E will make an additional call to Saudi Global Ports Terminal 2 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Once the vessel finishes the discharging operations in Terminal 2, it will shift to Terminal 1 for loading.

Gulf – East Mediterranean Service (GEM)
Vessel Teno 2133W will change its rotation and call Jubail, Saudi Arabia before Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Indian Ocean Service 3 (IO3)
Vessel COSCO Japan voyage 092W will omit Abu Dhabi, UAE. Abu Dhabi import cargo will discharge in Jebel Ali, UAE for further connection to its final port of destination.

Middle East – India - Africa Express (MIAX)
Vessel AS Cypria voyage 2128W/E will omit Apapa, Nigeria. Apapa import cargo will be discharge in Tincan, Nigeria (P&C) for further connection to its final port of destination.

Asia South America East Coast 2 (AS2)
There will be further omissions in Coega, South Africa along with blank sailings from week 30 to 44. The AS2 service will not call Coega as follows:

• MSC Sara Elena FI137R - October 6, 2021
• Montevideo Express 2131E – October 13, 2021
• Blank sailing – October 20, 2021
• MSC Channe FI140R – October 27, 2021
• Seaspan Osprey 2134E – November 3, 2021
• Paranagua Express 2135E – November 10, 2021
• Seaspan Harrier 2136E – November 17, 2021
• MSC Desire FI144R – November 24, 2021
• MSC Agrigento FI145R – December 1, 2021
• Cape Artemisio 2139E – December 8, 2021
• Seaspan Falcon 2140E – December 15, 2021

China - Kenya Express (CKX)
Vessel Shijing will omit Colombo, Sri Lanka calls on both its voyages 010W and 010E

East Africa Service 2 (EAS2)

• Vessel Marie Delmas voyage 02S9JS1MA will phase out in Mombasa, Kenya and it will not proceed to its northbound voyage, so, there will be no sailing from Mombasa, Kenya in the EA2 service which was expected to arrive on September 10, 2021. The port of Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania will be omitted, and import cargo will be discharged in Mombasa, Kenya for further connection to its final port of destination.
• There will be no sailing from Nhava Sheva, India in Week 36 which was expected to arrive on September 9, 2021 and from Mombasa, Kenya which was expected to arrive on September 23, 2021. Due to this adjustment, vessel Mombasa Express voyage 2136S will arrive in Nhava Sheva on September 16, 2021 in Nhava Sheva, India and in Mombasa, Kenya on October 1, 2021.