Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will provide an East/West solution from February 2025 offering both Suez and the Cape of Good Hope routing options.
The future standalone network will replace the current 2M VSA agreement that MSC has with Maersk on East/West trades.
As of February 2025, MSC will provide an independent and complete network for East/West trades including:
- 5 trades with 34 loops incorporating 7 loops for Asia North Europe, 6 loops for Asia Mediterranean, 4 loops for Asia North America West Coast, 6 loops for Asia North America East Coast and 11 loops for the Transatlantic Network
- The optionality of weekly services via Suez with more than 1,900 direct port pairs or the Cape of Good Hope with more than 1,800 direct port pairs
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Soren Toft, CEO of MSC, said: “We are delighted to reveal our future standalone East/West network for all clients.
“With the addition of select slot swap agreements we will provide complete coverage across all East/West routes. Furthermore, as we assume full operational control of our network, we can today offer clients both Suez and Cape of Good Hope routing options.”
Last August, MSC won the ‘Container Shipping Line of the Year: India – America, Africa & Europe Trade Lanes’.
More recently, the MSC Marie became the largest capacity Neopanamax to cross the Panama Canal.
