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Bye bye bicycles

Shipping Line MSC has partnered with drinks firm Diageo to bring pedal power to West Africa by donating and transporting hundreds of pre-owned bicycles and accessories to Koblimahigu and Kakpayili in Ghana. Over 450 bikes and cycling equipment have been collected over the past six months and the first 40ft container, donated by MSC and carrying bicycles donated by Diageo employees, has already begun its 5,400 mile journey to Ghana. The second ... [+]

Shipping lines back Traxens

Shipping lines MSC and CMA CGM are investing in French logistics tech start-up, Traxens. Founded in 2012, the company has been developing solutions for the freight sector, including a container monitoring and coordination system. MSC president and chief executive Diego Aponte, said “We see container monitoring as an important innovation in ... [+]

MSC ships put Liverpool 2 through its paces

Five MSC vessels of between 2,668 and 4,355teu operating the North West Continent feeder service to Antwerp and Le Havre and the Montreal Express to Canada are helping the Port of Liverpool carry out marine trials of its new Liverpool2 terminal. These will be followed by a variety of cargo ... [+]

MSC ships join Egyptair search

Two MSC ships altered their course to help search for missing EgyptAir flight MS804 which disappeared from radar screens over the Meditrranean yesterday morning (19 March). MSC Caitlin and MSC Beatrice, which had been Crete and Rhodes, joined various other cargo vessels in the vicinity.     [+]

MSC boss is Multimodal man of the year

MSC managing director Dan Everitt was named FTA Multimodal Personality of the Year on 10 May, the opening day of the show, which welcomed a record numbers of visitors. Peel Ports was Multimodal Exhibitor of the Year, Joseph Peak of Expeditors won the Young Logistics Professional Award, and Marks and Spencer ... [+]

First Swan for Southampton

DP World Southampton handled the first vessel on MSC's new AE2/Swan service on 21 October, with one of the fastest transit times from Asia to the UK. The new route has a 24 day transit time from Yantian (South China) to Southampton and 19 days from Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia. ... [+]

MSC and Maersk clip Condor’s wings

MSC is to cease operation of its ‘Condor’ service, jointly operated with Maersk Line between Asia and Europe, from 14 September. However, the Condor service which has a nominal weekly capacity of 9,500 teu, will be deployed as a seasonal service if there is sufficient demand. MSC says that since its ... [+]

MSC goes all out to Oz from London Gateway

MSC's Australia Express Service has started calls at DP World London Gateway Port, providing direct calls to King Abdullah port in Saudi Arabia, Colombo in Sri Lanka and ports around the Australian coast. It will be the fastest direct service between Northern Europe and Australia. Earlier, MSC announced a new direct ... [+]

MSC adds London Gateway-Australia service

MSC's Australia Express is now providing direct calls between London Gateway and Sydney, offering the fastest direct service between Australia and the UK and North West Continent. The service also calls at Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Singapore and Colombo. MSC has also added the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta as a ... [+]

MSC goes for another Indian port

MSC is adding a direct call at the east coast Indian port of Hazira from July 2015. The route, operated by seven 9,000teu ships, is served from Felixstowe in the UK. [+]

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