With the imminent arrival of its new 14,000 TEU vessels, Mediterranean Shipping Co is rationalising its services to reduce excess capacity in accordance with forecast volumes.
MSC will discontinue the Jade service, which operates from Qingdao, Shanghai and Ningbo to Gioia Tauro and Valencia, with feeder services to other Mediterranean and Adriatic ports.
Cargo previously carried by the Jade service will be switched to MSC's Silk, Lion, Dragon and Tiger services.
The port rotation for the Tiger service will be revised and the Silk service will deploy an additional vessel.
The reconfigured services will be as follows:
• Silk service: eleven 11,000 - 14,000 TEU vessels calling at Xingang > Ningbo > Shanghai > Xiamen > Yantian > Hong Kong > Chiwan > Singapore > Suez Transit > Sines > Felixstowe > Rotterdam > Antwerp > Valancia > Suez Transit > Jebel Ali > Singapore > Hong Kong > Xingang
• Lion service: ten 9,200 TEU vessels calling at Pusan > Qingdao > Ningbo > Shanghai > Yantian > Nansha > Hong Kong > Chiwan > Singapore > Suez Transit > Valencia > Le Havre > Hamburg > Bremerhaven > Felixstowe > Suez Transit > Singapore > Chiwan > Pusan
• Dragon service: eleven 8,400 TEU vessels calling at Dalian > Xingang > Pusan > Ningbo > Shanghai > Fuzhou > Yantian > Hong Kong > Chiwan > Singapore > Suez Transit > Gioia Tauro > Napoli > La Spezia > Fos sur Mer > Barcelona > Valencia > Suez Transit > Jeddah > Salalah > Jebel Ali > Singapore > Chiwan > Hong Kong > Dalian.
• Tiger service: ten 8,200 TEU vessels calling ships at Qingdao > Pusan > Shanghai > Ningbo > Yantian > Hong Kong > Chiwan > Singapore > (Suez Transit) > Beurit > Piraeus > Istanbul > Gioia Tauro > (Suez transit) > Jeddah > Jevel Ali > Singapore > Qingdao
MSC also recently enhanced its Golden Gate service, reducing transit times to New York from Shanghai (31 days), Hong Kong (27 days) and Singapore (21 days).
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