MSC includes Syrian port on east Med loop

MSC includes Syrian port on east Med loop    Ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. has made its maiden call at the Syrian port of Tartous, said ICTSI, the operator for the terminal.
   MSC vessels will make twice-monthly calls to the Tartous International Container Terminal on the carrier's weekly eastern Mediterranean service linking Tartous, Lattakia, Izmir, Gioia Tauro, Venice, Ravenna, Ancona, Piraeus, Limassol, Beirut and Lattakia Adriatic. The service uses four vessels of 1,800 to 2,000 TEUs.