The June suspension is the change Airlift's blog post described, and this note does not revise it: Indus Express, whose final rotation was Port Qasim – Nhava Sheva – Mundra – Caucedo – Freeport – Savannah – Charleston – Norfolk – Baltimore – New York via the Cape of Good Hope, stopped sailing, and MSC kept its 2020-vintage Indusa service as the India to US East Coast loop.
What followed is less settled. Two reports in early July said MSC had reversed course and would bring the loop back with sailings from the third week of August. We looked for an MSC customer advisory confirming the reinstatement, its rotation or its first vessel and did not find one, so this note treats the comeback as reported rather than confirmed.
The September change is confirmed. After a review of Red Sea security, MSC is routing Indusa's westbound leg (India to the US) through the Suez Canal again from the MSC Domna X sailing that leaves Colombo on 23 September, while eastbound sailings stay on the Cape route. MSC says it will update booking confirmations and online schedules voyage by voyage, and keeps contingency arrangements to adjust individual voyages.
Port order as stated in the source named on each line; a carrier can change a rotation without notice.
MSC's sailings are not in the schedule feed Sealanes reads, so there is no MSC carrier page here yet. The route pages below show the other carriers on the same India to US East Coast pairs; use them to compare, and take MSC dates from MSC.
Sealanes route pages: published sailings, carriers and transit times on the port pairs this change touches.
Port pages: which services call there and when.
Left out of the note above, or marked as reported rather than confirmed, because no carrier notice or second independent report was found.
Provided for planning only. Schedules, routings and ship assignments change without notice; confirm with your carrier or with Airlift before booking. Nothing on these pages is a rate, a guarantee of space or a guaranteed transit time.
CMA CGM · PEARL (PRX)
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.
Maersk · MECL
Maersk's stand-alone India and Middle East to US East Coast loop went back through the Red Sea in July, with an eastbound Jeddah call from August. Westbound transits shorten by about a week against the Cape routing.
ONE (Ocean Network Express) · INE
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.
Airlift books on these carriers and others from its own offices in India. Search published ocean rates (availability varies) or send the enquiry below.