HMM unveils enhanced East-West products for 2026
HMM has unveiled an update to its East-West service network, encompassing the principal trade routes of Asia-Europe, Asia-North America, and Asia-Middle East. The enhanced network will be launched in April 2026.
This updated network aims to deliver improved service reliability by means of an optimized global structure. The refined network is designed to strengthen overall operational stability whilst preserving the company’s broad international reach. Bolstered by additional capacity from newbuilds, which are expected to be delivered throughout 2025 and into 2026, HMM reaffirms its commitment to remaining the premier choice for shipping solutions.
The port rotations for the 2026 services will continue to follow the established route around the Cape of Good Hope. HMM is maintaining vigilant oversight of the evolving situation in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait, and Suez Canal, and will ensure timely communication and support to customers should adjustments to the East-West services become necessary, it said in a communique.
ASIA – PACIFIC SOUTHWEST SERVICE
PS1 (Pacific South 1)
Kobe – Nagoya – Tokyo – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Tokyo – Kobe
MP2 (Mediterranean Pacific South 2)
Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Yantian – Pusan – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – Shekou – Singapore
PS3 (Pacific South 3)
Nhava Sheva – Pipavav – Singapore – Cai Mep – Yantian – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Tokyo – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Port Klang – Nhava Sheva
PS4 (Pacific South 4)
Yantian – Kaohsiung – Keelung – Shanghai – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Keelung – Kaohsiung – Yantian
FLP (Far-East Latin Pendulum)
Singapore – Cai Mep – Haiphong – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Pusan – Shanghai – Shekou – Singapore
PS6 (Pacific South 6)
Shanghai – Ningbo – Kwangyang – Pusan – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Pusan – Kwangyang – Incheon – Shanghai
PS7 (Pacific South 7)
Haiphong – Cai Mep – Shekou – Xiamen – Taipei – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Haiphong
PS8 (Pacific South 8)
Qingdao – Ningbo – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Qingdao
ASIA – PACIFIC NORTHWEST
PN1 (Pacific North 1)
Xiamen – Kaohsiung – Ningbo – Nagoya – Tokyo – Tacoma – Vancouver – Tokyo – Kobe – Nagoya – Xiamen
FP2 (Far East Pacific North 2)
Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Yantian – Pusan – Tacoma – Vancouver – Pusan – Kaohsiung – Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Singapore
PN3 (Pacific North 3)
Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Vancouver – Tacoma – Tokyo – Kobe – Qingdao
ASIA – EAST COAST NORTH AMERICA
EC1 (US East Coast 1)
Kaohsiung – Yantian – Shanghai – Ningbo – Pusan – New York – Savannah – Charleston – Rodman – Kaohsiung
EC2 (US East Coast 2)
Singapore – Cai Mep – Yantian – Shanghai – Pusan – Manzanillo – Savannah – Norfolk – New York – Halifax – (Cape of Good Hope) – Singapore
EC3 (US East Coast 3)
Pusan – Shanghai – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore – Colombo – (Cape of Good Hope) – New York – Jacksonville – Savannah – Charleston – Manzanillo – Pusan
EC4 (US East Coast 4)
Cai Mep – Yantian – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Houston – Mobile – Rodman – Kaohsiung – Cai Mep
IAX (India America Express)
Nhava Sheva – Mundra – Colombo – (Cape of Good Hope) – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Jacksonville – Charleston – (Cape of Good Hope) – Nhava Sheva
ASIA – NORTH EUROPE SERVICE
FE1 (Far East – Europe 1)
Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore – (Cape of Good Hope) – Rotterdam – Hamburg – (Cape of Good Hope) – Singapore – Laem Chabang
FP2 (Far East Pacific 2)
Pusan – Kaohsiung – Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Singapore – (Cape of Good Hope) – Southampton – Rotterdam – Southampton – (Cape of Good Hope) – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Yantian – Pusan
FE3 (Far East – Europe 3)
Qingdao – Ningbo – Yantian – Singapore – (Cape of Good Hope) – Algeciras – Felixstowe – Hamburg – Antwerp – (Cape of Good Hope) – Qingdao
FE4 (Far East – Europe 4)
Shanghai – Pusan – (Cape of Good Hope) – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Le Havre – (Cape of Good Hope) – Shanghai
FE5 (Far East – Europe 5)
Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Yantian – Singapore – (Cape of Good Hope) – Le Havre – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Antwerp – Le Havre – (Cape of Good Hope) – Singapore – Qingdao
FE6 (Far East – Europe 6)
Pusan – Ningbo – Shanghai – Xiamen – Yantian – Singapore – (Cape of Good Hope) – Felixstowe – Antwerp – Hamburg – Felixstowe – (Cape of Good Hope) – Port Klang – Singapore – Shekou – Pusan
INX (India North Europe)
Karachi – Hazira – Mundra – Nhava Sheva – Colombo – (Cape of Good Hope) – Southampton – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – (Cape of Good Hope) – Karachi
ASIA – MEDITERRANEAN SERVICE
MD1 (Mediterranean 1)
Kaohsiung – Ningbo – Shanghai – Shekou – Singapore – (Cape of Good Hope) – Damietta – Piraeus – Istanbul – Izmit – Mersin – Damietta – (Cape of Good Hope) – Singapore – Kaohsiung
MP2 (Mediterranean Pacific South 2)
Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – Shekou – Singapore – (Cape of Good Hope) – Tangier – Valencia – Barcelona – Genoa – La Spezia – Fos – (Cape of Good Hope) – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Yantian – Pusan
MD3 (Mediterranean 3)
Dalian – Xingang – Pusan – Ningbo – Shanghai – Shekou – Singapore – (Cape of Good Hope) – Izmit – Istanbul – Mersin – Damietta – (Cape of Good Hope) – Singapore – Xiamen – Dalian
MD4 (Mediterranean 4)
Pusan – Ningbo – Shanghai – Nansha – Yantian – Singapore – (Cape of Good Hope) – Gioia Tauro – Genoa – La Spezia – Fos – Barcelona – Valencia
MD5 (Mediterranean 5)
Valencia – Barcelona – Gioia Tauro – (Cape of Good Hope) – Singapore – Shanghai – Qingdao – Pusan – Ningbo – Xiamen – Yantian
FIM (Far-East India Mediterranean)
Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Nhava Sheva – Karachi – Mundra – (Cape of Good Hope) – Algeciras – Valencia – Barcelona – Genoa – Piraeus – Algeciras – (Cape of Good Hope) – Karachi – Mundra – Nhava Sheva – Kattupalli – Singapore – Dachan Bay – Pusan
ASIA – MIDDLE EAST
KME (Korea Middle East Express)
Dalian – Xingang – Qingdao – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – Shekou – Singapore – Jebel Ali – Dammam – Jubail – Hamad – Abu Dhabi – Jebel Ali – Sohar – Singapore – Pusan – Dalian
DEDICATED PUSAN FEEDER
Additional dedicated feeder services will be provided for Kaohsiung, Xiamen transiting via Pusan to ensure seamless and reliable connection to main East – West Loops.