News / SeaLead tweaks USEC service to tap into more lucrative Med cargo

Ren Jian 27, one of the ships on SeaLead's revamped service Photo: Vesselfinder

SeaLead Shipping has revamped its Asia-US East Coast (USEC) service, removing direct connections and opting instead for transhipment in Egypt’s Damietta port.

SeaLead, based in Dubai and Singapore, launched transpacific operations to the US west coast in August 2021 and Asia-USEC (via the Panama Canal) last March 2022. These services were operated on an irregular basis using ships of between 3,500 and 7,000 teu.

Falling cargo volumes resulted in SeaLead suspended its west coast service in December, and direct calls between Asia ...