CMA CGM is resuming its services to Ukraine, introducing a new loop linking Piraeus and Istanbul with Odesa through the new Odessa Express (ODX) at the end of January.

According to Splash247.com, CMA CGM will be the second major operator to return to Ukraine with its own tonnage after MSC, the largest container line, launched its Black Sea feeder service linking Constanta in Romania to Chornomorsk in Ukraine in 2024.

Regular box services to Ukraine started in April when the Ukrainian transport and logistics firm Iteris Feeders launched a service between Constanta and Chornomorsk.

In related news, Medkon Lines will in mid-January reinstate its Turkey-Ukraine service, closed since early 2022, becoming the first Turkish liner shipping operator to return to the Ukrainian market.