MSC sets record container move in Australia
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is pleased to announce 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 attend the fruit seasons, providing fast connections with European destinations.
MSC offers excellent connections to/from Zarate, Vitoria, Paraguay and Rosario via our hubs in South America as well as to/from Scandinavian, Russian and Baltic ports via our 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 27 September 2017; the first vessel northbound will sail on 24 October. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, a leader in global container shipping, set a new record for the number of boxes loaded and unloaded at any Australian port.
The record exchange of 4,000 containers took place at Patrick Terminal in Port Botany, on the MSC Ningbo, a 7,849 TEU vessel currently operating on MSC’s Australia Express service, which directly links Australia with Europe on a weekly basis.
MSC has been progressively selecting larger vessels for the Australia Express service, in response to customer demands to transport larger volumes of cargo such as:
Cereals – Grain – Cotton – Rubber – Timber – Paper – Metals – Machinery – Tiles – Furniture – Textiles – Scrap – Wine.
We also transport chilled and frozen cargo in their reefer containers, including:
Foodstuff – Drinks – Fish – Pastry – Meat Products.
The new record is a triumph for both MSC and the terminal operator Patrick, according to MSC Australia’s Managing Director Kevin Clarke:
“These large container exchanges reflect the outstanding support MSC receives from all their clients on the Australia Express service. They continue to upgrade the size of the vessels operating on this service in order to meet growing demand, whilst at the same time offering their clients direct access to key international markets both to and from Australia.”
The record is all the more pleasing as it was achieved on the back of a stellar performance for schedule reliability.
MSC’s Australia Express service received top marks in the most recent SeaIntel Global Liner Performance Report, and was identified as best in market for schedule reliability.
MSC offers seven weekly container services directly linking Australia with North America, Europe, the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Indian Subcontinent, South East Asia, North Asia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and beyond.
Patrick Terminal worked efficiently in order to achieve this record-breaking result.