MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company’s ScanBaltic to US container service has announced that it would raise its sailing frequency to weekly commencing in early August 2023.
The service connects Jacksonville with seven destinations in Northern Europe.
The port rotation is: Klaipeda, Lithuania; Gdynia, Poland; Gothenburg, Sweden; Bremerhaven, Germany; Felixstowe, England; Antwerp, Belgium; Le Havre, France; New York; Philadelphia; Norfolk; and Jacksonville.
ScanBaltic to the US calls the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal (JCT) at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. SSA Atlantic provides stevedoring services at Blount Island.
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“Offering this service weekly helps support growing demand from manufacturers who are choosing Jacksonville because of our port’s capabilities and close proximity to major manufacturing and import distribution centres,” said JAXPORT Chief Commercial Officer, Robert Peek.
“As our service offerings continue to grow, so does our ability to enhance cargo flow between the US Southeast and the sustainable and growing Northern Europe market”.
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MSC provides five regular container services at JAXPORT. Aside from Europe, the ocean carrier connects Jacksonville to Asia, North America, the Caribbean, and Central America.
JAXPORT, located in the heart of the Southeast United States, is Florida’s largest container port by volume and one of the country’s top vehicle-handling ports.
Jacksonville has a deepwater shipping canal that is 47 feet deep, two-way ship traffic, and same-day access to 98 million US customers.
Northeast Florida offers 152 million square feet of warehousing and distribution space, including the largest industrial park in the Southeast.
This month, MSC’s largest container ship was named ‘MSC Michel Cappellini’ at the Stromkaje Terminal in Bremerhaven, Germany.
