MSC has announced the revision of the port rotation in two services from Asia to North Europe and the United States.
The Swiss/Italian ocean carrier noted that Swan service’s rotation will now include the port of Felixstowe in the United Kingdom, while it will continue to include the Polish ports of Gdansk and Gdynia.
The updated rotation of the service will be:
Ningbo (China) – Yantian (China) – Suez (Egypt) – Felixstowe (UK) – Gdansk (Poland) – Gdynia (Poland) – Bremerhaven (Germany) – Suez – King Abdullah (Saudi Arabia) – Ningbo
The 4,922 TEU boxship Mirella will be deployed on the first sailing of the updated Swan service with an estimated time of arrival (ETA) in Ningbo of 5 September.
The company said that transit times will be Ningbo to Felixstowe in 27 days, Gdansk in 31 days and Gdynia in 32 days, and Yantian to Felixstowe in 24 days, Gdansk in 28 days and Gdynia in 29 days.
In addition, MSCÂ is planning to adjust the port rotation of its Santana service. Effective from the sailing of the 13,100 TEU vessel MSC VEGA, the revised rotation will be:
Yantian (China) – Ningbo (China) – Shanghai (Chian) – Busan (South Korea) – Manzanillo (Mexico) – Cristobal (Panama) – Caucedo (Dominican Republic) – New York (US) – Norfolk (US)
