MSC SPLITS U.S./EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA SERVICE, ADDS CAPACITY

MSC SPLITS U.S./EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA SERVICE, ADDS CAPACITY    Mediterranean Shipping Co. has split its weekly U.S. East Coast/East CoastSouth America service into two strings, adding new calls at New Orleans and Miami, as well as adding four ships to the trade.
   The previous service used seven ships averaging 2,476 TEUs. The combined capacity of the two string will see approximately 130,000 TEUs added to the U.S./East Coast South America trade.
   The new “USA Gulf & Miami String 1” service uses six ships averaging 2,700 TEUs and calls Norfolk, Baltimore, New York, Savannah, Freeport, Puerto Cabello, Santos, Buenos Aires, Rio Grande, Sao Francisco do Sul, Santos, Freeport, Norfolk, Baltimore, New York and Savannah
   The “USA Gulf & Miami String 2” service uses five ships of around 2,300 TEUs and has a port rotation of New Orleans, Miami, Freeport, Rio Haina, Port of Spain, Rio de Janeiro, Vitoria, Salvador (fortnightly) Pecem (fortnightly), Freeport, New Orleans and Miami.