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MSC revises East-West trade network

Swiss/Italian ocean carrier MSC will disconnect its Europe-Far East Swan and Far East-US West Coast Sentosa services and combine the latter with the Far East-Middle East Clanga service to create the Sentosa-Clanga pendulum.

According to DynaLiners, the new East/West service network configuration will be as follows:



Swan (served by 15 ships):

Busan (South Korea), Ningbo (China), Shanghai (China), Xiamen (China), Shenzhen – Yantian (China), Singapore (Singapore), Sines (Portugal), Le Havre (France), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Gothenburg (Sweden), Aarhus (Denmark), Hamburg (Germany), Antwerp (Belgium), Port Kelang (Malaysia), Singapore (Singapore), Shenzhen – Shekou (China), and back to Busan (South Korea).

Sentosa-Clanga (served by 16 ships):

Qingdao (China), Shanghai (China), Ningbo (China), Guangzhou – Nansha (China), Singapore (Singapore), Karachi (Pakistan), Dammam (Saudi Arabia), Hamad (Qatar), Bahrain (Bahrain), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Port Kelang (Malaysia), Singapore (Singapore), Ho Chi Minh – Cai Mep (Vietnam), Ningbo (China), Shanghai (China), Busan (South Korea), Long Beach (USA), Oakland (USA), Yokohama (Japan), and back to Qingdao (China).

Additionally, MSC has added an eastbound stop to its hub at Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, Spain, to its Mediterranean-US East Coast (Medusec) service.

The updated port rotation is:



Gioia Tauro (Italy), Naples (Italy), Leghorn (Italy), Genoa (Italy), New York (USA), Boston (USA), Norfolk (USA), Baltimore (USA), Savannah (USA), Charleston (USA), Las Palmas (Spain), Malaga (Spain), Valencia (Spain), and back to Gioia Tauro (Italy).





Antonis Karamalegkos
Managing Editor

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