Service commences northbound on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, from Manzanillo, Panama.

Seaboard Marine is excited to announce the launch of our new Gulf Service, designed to enhance reliability and significantly improve transit times between our U.S. Gulf ports, Houston and New Orleans, and key destinations across Central America and the Caribbean. The new Gulf Service offers notable transit time improvements to several major markets, enabling customers to move cargo more quickly and plan with greater confidence.

Built for Speed, Continuity, and Planning Confidence

The new Gulf rotation enhances Seaboard Marine’s network by optimizing port sequencing and ensuring service continuity, thereby supporting customers shipping refrigerated cargo, dry cargo, and project freight throughout the region.

“Customers, both importers and exporters, continue to ask for faster, more dependable service options connecting the U.S. Gulf with Central America, the Caribbean, and beyond,” said Piero Buitano, Senior Vice President at Seaboard Marine. “This new Gulf Service reflects our ongoing commitment to service improvements that support supply chain performance and customer planning.”

For details regarding our new southbound and northbound transit times, see below:

NORTHBOUND

Service commences northbound on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, from Manzanillo, Panama*

+3 DAYS TRANSIT TIME TO NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ARRIVING EVERY FRIDAY
TO HOUSTON, TEXASDELIVERY CUT-OFFSAIL DAYARRIVALAVAILABLETRANSIT TIME
From Puerto Cortes, HondurasFridaySundayTuesdayWednesday2 Days
From Managua, NicaraguaFridaySundayTuesdayWednesday2 Days
From Santo Tomas, GuatemalaFridaySaturdayTuesdayWednesday3 Days
From San Salvador, El SalvadorFridaySaturdayTuesdayWednesday3 Days
From Moin, Costa RicaWednesdayThursdayTuesdayWednesday5 Days
From Manzanillo, Panama*MondayTuesdayTuesdayWednesday7 Days
From Cartagena, ColombiaFridayMondayTuesdayWednesday8 Days
From Kingston, JamaicaFridaySaturdayTuesdayWednesday10 Days

 

SOUTHBOUND

-2 DAYS TRANSIT TIME FROM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, DEPARTING EVERY SATURDAY
FROM HOUSTON, TEXASDELIVERY CUT-OFFSAIL DAYARRIVALAVAILABLETRANSIT TIME
To Puerto Cortes, HondurasTuesdayThursdayMondayTuesday4 Days
To Managua, NicaraguaTuesdayThursdayTuesdayTuesday5 Days
To Santo Tomas, GuatemalaTuesdayThursdayTuesdayWednesday5 Days
To San Salvador, El SalvadorTuesdayThursdayWednesdayWednesday6 Days
To Kingston, JamaicaTuesdayThursdayFridayFriday8 Days
To Cartagena, ColombiaTuesdayThursdaySundayMonday10 Days
To Manzanillo, PanamaTuesdayThursdayMondayTuesday11 Days
To Moin, Costa RicaTuesdayThursdayWednesdayWednesday13 Days