X-Press Feeders has undertaken a strategic restructuring of its short-sea feeder network across the Mediterranean and adjacent Atlantic corridors according the industry news, aimed at enhancing operational efficiency, improving port coverage, and strengthening regional connectivity. These adjustments reflect a data-driven review of vessel utilization, cargo flow patterns, and customer demand across key trade lanes.

Specifically, on the Gibraltar Strait–Portugal SPX3 service, Algeciras has been removed from the rotation and replaced by Leixões—marking a deliberate shift to deepen engagement with northern Portugal’s logistics ecosystem. The revised weekly rotation is now: Tangier → Leixões → Lisbon → Tangier, thereby reinforcing direct maritime links between Morocco and Portugal.

In parallel, X-Press Feeders has integrated the Cagliari–Tangier X-Press (CTX) service into the Tyrrhenian X-Press Northbound (TYX NB) loop. This consolidation eliminates service duplication and improves asset utilization across the western Mediterranean. The updated TYX NB rotation is: Tangier → Algeciras → Vado Ligure → Civitavecchia → Cagliari → Tangier.

Concurrently, the Tyrrhenian X-Press Southbound (TYX SB) service has been enhanced with two new port calls—Salerno and Milazzo—to better serve industrial and distribution hubs in southern Italy. The revised TYX SB rotation is: Algeciras → Tangier → Milazzo → Salerno → Naples → Algeciras.

Collectively, these network optimizations support X-Press Feeders’ commitment to delivering more reliable, frequency-optimized, and geographically responsive feeder solutions—while maintaining full compliance with regulatory requirements and sustainability benchmarks across all affected routes.

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