MSC has launched a new Saola service calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Cai Mep, Shanghai from 4 July 2024. The Saola service will turn in 21 days amd deploys 3 ships - the 2,824 teu MSC CORDELIA III, 2,798 teu MSC VIGOUR III and 2,646 teu MSC ZAINA III. MSC Saola service rotationThe new service will partially replace the existing China-Southeast Asia leg of the Kaguya service which will be shortened to call at Busan, Kobe, Osaka, Hakata, Busan from 20 July 2024. The Kagu
MSC has acquired 2 newbuilding contracts for a pair of 14,000 teu ships currently under construction at Jiangnan Shipyard from BAL Container Line for $133.3m in total or $66.65m for each ship. BAL's parent company, LC Logistics, will book a profit of $49m from the sale as the book value of these ships stand at $84.3m for the first 2 installments paid to Jiangnan for the construction of the ships so far. The 2 ships were ordered by BAL in June 2022 and are scheduled for delivery in July and Sept
MSC will combine the Canada Express 1 and Canada Express 2 services into a new Med Canadian Service calling at Gioia Tauro, Naples, Livorno, Genoa, Valencia, Sines, Halifax, Montreal, Gioia Tauro from 4 July 2024. The Med Canadian Service will turn in 42 days and will deploy 6 ships of 2,500 to 4,500 teu starting with the 2,478 teu MSC PORTO III at Gioia Tauro on 4 July 2024. The new service will replace the Canada Express 1 and Canada Express 2 services that call respectively at Gioia Tauro
MSC will upgrade its existing Bengal service that connects Singapore, Chittagong, Singapore to an extended China-Bangladesh-Southeast Asia service that will call at Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Chittagong, Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Qingdao. The upgraded Bengal service will turn in 35 days using 5 ships of 1,500-2,000 teu starting with the newly delivered 1,800 teu MSC CHAEWON at Qingdao on 8 July 2024. MSC Bengal service with extended rotation to China
MSC will combine its existing Asia-Europe Swan service with its Asia-USWC Sentosa service into a new North Europe-Asia-USWC pendulum service called Swan Sentosa. The Swan Sentosa is scheduled to start from 1 July 2024 and will call at Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Felixstowe, Antwerp, Hamburg, Gdansk, Gdynia, Klaipeda, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Singapore, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Busan, Long Beach, Oakland, Busan, Qingdao. The new service will turn in 23 weeks and will deploy
MSC will laucnh a new Osprey service connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Singapore, Colombo, Ennore, Visakhapatnam, Ningbo from 23 July 2024. The Osprey service will turn in 35 days using 5 ships of 2,000 teu to 3,000 teu starting with the 2,470 teu MSC SOMYA III at Ningbo on 23 July.
MSC will launch a new Dahlia service connecting Shekou, Xiamen, Shanghai, Busan, Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas from 3 August 2024. The new service will complement the Mexicas service that was just launched by MSC in May 2024 with a revised rotation that will call at Xingang, Qingdao, Ningbo, Busan, Manzanillo, Lazara Cardenas with a new call at Xingang added while the previous call at Shanghai will be removed and shifted to the Dahlia service. The first sailing for the new Dahlia service is sche
MSC will launch a new EMUSA service connecting Tekirdag, Gebze, Aliaga, Haifa, Fos, Barcelona, Valencia, Sines, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Savannah, Tekirdag from 20 June 2024. The EMUSA will replace the existing Turkiye/West Med to USA service with new direct calls at Fos and Barcelona, while former calls at Gioia Tauro, Baltimore and Port Everglades are dropped in the new streamlined service. The EMUSA will turn in 7 weeks and will deploy ships of 4,000-6,700 teu starting with the 5,060
MSC will launch a new Carioca service connecting Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Rio de Janeiro, Paranagua, Itapoa, Santos, Itaguai, Colombo, Singapore, Busan from 19 July 2024. The FE-ECSA service will turn in 13 weeks starting with the 7,847 teu MSC YOKOHAMA.
MSC will launch a new Mustang service connecting Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Long Beach, Yantian from 14 July 2024. The service will turn in 6 weeks and will deploy 6 ships of 13,000-19,000 teu that was to start with the 16,616 teu MSC LELLA at Yantian on 8 July but the sailing was postponed and replaced by the 13,798 teu MSC BETTINA at Yantian on 14 July. The launch was delayed a second time to 17 July, with the 19,462 teu MSC ELOANE deployed. The Mustang service was first launched by MSC in