MSC to increase capacity in transpacific
Mediterranean Shipping Co. will introduce from March five larger 6,750-TEU ships on its weekly transpacific New Orient Express, adding about 195,000 TEUs in annual one-way capacity to the trade.
The New Orient Express has deployed five vessels averaging 3,000 TEUs.
At the same time, MSC will add a call at the Chinese port of Yantian to the rotation, which will become: Yantian, Shanghai, Ningbo, Tokyo, Long Beach, Busan, Qingdao and back to Yantian.
The vessel “MSC Michaela” will start the revised rotation with the larger ships when it departs Yantian March 3.
MSC to increase capacity in transpacific
