MSC will launch a new Asia-North Europe Britannia service calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Cai Mep, Liverpool, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, London Gateway, Singapore, Shanghai from 1 July 2024. The Britannia service will turn in 13 weeks and will deploy up to 13 ships of 7,000-12,000 teu starting with the 9,640 teu MSC DENISSE X. It will be the only Asia-Europe service to have a direct call at Liverpool. The addition of this new service will add 3% to the Asia-North Europe route.