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MSC & Hapag-Lloyd to operate new service between South America’s East Coast & Northern Europe
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced a new service between South America’s East Coast and Northern Europe, improving port coverage and transit times.
The new NWC/SAEC service will operate the following rotation: Rotterdam - London Gateway - Bremerhaven - Hamburg - Antwerp - Le Havre - Sines - Rio Sepetiba - Santos - Navegantes - Buenos Aires - Montevideo - Rio Grande - Navegantes - Paranagua - Santos - Rio Sepetiba - Salvador - Pecem - Rotterdam
The new service will call at Pecem and Salvador in Brazil in order to cater to the fruit seasons, providing fast connections with European destinations.
MSC offers excellent connections to/from Zarate, Vitoria, Paraguay and Rosario via its hubs in South America as well as to/from Scandinavian, Russian and Baltic ports via its European hubs.
This service will be jointly operated by MSC and Hapag-Lloyd with a fleet of nine modern vessels with improved reefer capacity.
The first ship southbound will depart Rotterdam on September 27, 2017 and the first vessel northbound will sail on October 24, informed a release.