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MSC is bucking the trend towards ever-larger container ships by reducing the average vessel size on its Asia-Europe Condor service from 9,500 to 6,500teu. The move follows extensive analysis of capacity on its services against current and anticipated demands.
The network changes will apply to Maersk Line, MSC's partner in the 2M vessel sharing agreement (branded AE9) and is expected to be fully effective by the middle of the ...
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The world's largest containership, MSC Oscar is en route to the UK. Having called in Rotterdam from Algeciras on 3 March the 19,224teu ship's next call is Bremerhaven followed by Felixstowe on 9 March.
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MSC is introducing a new Australia Express link to Northern Europe. A fleet of 12 4,800teu vessels will operate between Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Singapore, Chennai, Colombo, King Abdullah Port (Saudi Arabia) to Gioia Tauro and Valencia, with weekly connections to and from the UK and Ireland.
MSC has also restructured ...
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Potter Logistics’ says its Selby rail freight terminal was able to maintain turn-round times for the daily GBRf-operated MSC container train from Felixstowe port from July to September 2014, despite engineering work on a local swing bridge reducing available time by 50 minutes.
Pictured: Jason Croft, account manager - GBRf (L) ...
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Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is to switch its South Africa to UK/Northwest Europe service from Felixstowe to London Gateway from December. The first MSC vessel to call into DP World London Gateway on the new rotation will be the MSC Rita, which is due to arrive on 7 December.
The Europe/South ...
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The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has given the green light to the proposed '2M' vessel sharing agreement between Maersk and MSC. However, the agreement of the Chinese competition authorities is still awaited. It was their veto that scuppred the more ambitious P3 alliance between Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM earlier ...
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Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has appointed Diego Aponte as president and CEO. He is currently vice-president and has worked for the line since 1997.
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MSC has published details of the additional charges it plans to introduce when the Emissions Control Area comes into force from 1 January 2015. They include a $105 per teu increase from the UK and Ireland to the US North Atlantic, $125 to the US South Atlantic, €140 to Canada ...
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MSC has released details of the services it plans to operate in conjunction with its partner Maersk Line in the 2M vessel sharing agreement, subject to regulatory approval.
They include the Silk Service, from South Korea, China and Malaysia to Felixstowe (first European call); the Lion service from China and Malaysia ...
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Several shipping lines say that they will implement a fuel surcharge when the International Maritime Organisation's new Emission Control Area for North Europe comes into force from 1 January 2015. They include leading container carrier MSC – further details are at www.mscgva.ch. The ECA imposes stringent new limits on ships' ...
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