MSC adds Philadelphia to West Coast South America service

MSC adds Philadelphia to West Coast South America service

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Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Co., the world’s second-largest container line, has added regular calls at Packer Avenue Marine Terminal at the Port of Philadelphia to one of its weekly services connecting the U.S. East Coast and the West Coast of South America.
   MSC’s service uses five ships averaging about 2,500 TEUs on a rotation of Philadelphia, Pa.; Charleston, S.C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Freeport, Bahamas; Cartagena, Colombia; Callao, Peru; Valparaiso, Chile; San Vicente, Chile; Freeport; and back to Philadelphia.
   Also, through its transshipment hub in Freeport, MSC offers additional connections to Asia, South Africa, North Europe, the Mediterranean, both coasts of South America, India, and Australia/New Zealand.
   “The recent announcement that a deeper Delaware River is on the way has already encouraged our current port customers to enhance their level of business here,” said James T. McDermott, Jr., executive director of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority. “We are very pleased that MSC has initiated this new service at our largest and busiest facility, and are optimistic that other current users of the port, and well as prospective users, will soon follow suit.”