Airlift Sealanes · Service notes

Carrier service changes on the Airlift lanes

Short explainers on carrier service changes that touch the routes Sealanes covers: what the carrier changed, what it means for an importer on that lane, and which schedule to read next. Each note says where its facts come from and what could not be verified.

Reviewed September 2026. Facts come from the carrier's own notice or from two independent trade-press reports; each note lists its sources and what could not be verified.

4 notes, newest change first

CMA CGM · PEARL (PRX) · India to USA

CMA CGM PEARL: a direct call from Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Karachi to Los Angeles from March 2026

CMA CGM folded its Indian Subcontinent loop into the PEARL transpacific service in March, giving West India a weekly direct sailing to Los Angeles. An August revision moved the eastbound leg through Port Klang, Laem Chabang and Haiphong.

Effective March 2026, revised August 2026 · March change confirmed by CMA CGM's notice (reprinted by AJOT) and two trade-press reports; August revision reported by AJOT and Container News

MSC · Indus Express / Indusa · India to USA

MSC Indus Express: the June suspension, the reported comeback, and Indusa's return to Suez

MSC pulled its Indus Express loop between West India and the US East Coast in June 2026. Trade reports in July said it would come back in August; MSC's own confirmation was not found. In September MSC moved the parallel Indusa service's westbound leg back through Suez.

Effective June–September 2026 · Suspension and the Indusa Suez change are confirmed; the reinstatement is reported, not confirmed by MSC

ONE (Ocean Network Express) · INE · India to USA

ONE replaces the WIN service with INE, India North America Express, from August 2026

Ocean Network Express retired its West India North America loop and started India North America Express in August, a shorter rotation from Nhava Sheva and Mundra via Salalah to New York, Norfolk, Savannah and Charleston.

Effective August 2026 · Confirmed by ONE's customer notice of 9 July 2026 and two trade-press reports

How these notes are written

A note is written when a carrier changes a service on a route Sealanes covers: a rotation, a routing, a start or a stop. It states what the carrier said, on what date, and separates that from what it means for an importer. Where a carrier's own notice could not be read, the note says so and names the reports it relies on instead. Nothing here is a rate, a guarantee of space or a guaranteed transit time.

The sailing tables on the route, carrier and service pages come from the carriers' published schedules; a service that has not yet appeared in that feed is linked to its carrier page rather than to a service page.

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