Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced that it is revising the rotation of its Swan Service.
According to MSC, the new rotation will include the Port of Felixstowe, providing a fast, direct route between Yantian and the UK, whilst continuing to include the Polish ports of Gdansk and Gdynia.
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The updated rotation will be effective from the sailing of vessel MV Mirella V, voyage number 336, with an expected ETA in Ningbo of 5 September and will be as follows:
Ningbo – Yantian – Suez – Felixstowe – Gdansk – Gdynia – Bremerhaven – Suez – King Abdullah – Ningbo
The Port of Antwerp will continue to offer rapid transit times from Asia via the Lion Service, according to MSC.
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 May 2023, MSC reported its plans to make adjustments to its Asia to Canada West Coast sailing programme.
More recently, MSC announced that it is revising the rotation of its Sentosa service.