SHIPPING + MARITIME-

#1- Turkey gets new link to China + Russia: Shipping company Transit Line is launching a new shipping service linking China, Turkey, and Russia, according to a statement. The new service — named Fetmed Express — will call at China’s Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, and Nansha ports, before heading to Turkey’s Istanbul and Izmit, as well as Russia’s Novorossiysk port. The service from start to end is expected to take a total estimated 28 days.

About Transit Line: Transit Line boasts a fleet of over 10 cargo ships, some 3k platform-fitting rail cars, 350 trucks, and over 40k containers. The firm also has a handling capacity of over 300k TEUs annually.

#2- The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) added MSC’s North India to Middle East shipping service to King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, linking it to five regional and global ports, it said on X yesterday. The new service — with a capacity of 4k TEUs — will connect Dammam to the ports of Nhava Sheva, Hazira, and Mundra in India, Sohar in Oman, and Abu Dhabi in the UAE.