MSC adds Qingdao call to Dragon service

MSC adds Qingdao call to Dragon service
   Liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Friday its Dragon Express service between the Far East and the Mediterranean will add a call at Qingdao from Sept. 13.
   The line did not specify where the call would come in the rotation of the service, which has an existing rotation of Busan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Fuzhou, Yantian, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Singapore, Gioia Tauro, Naples, La Spezia, Marseilles-Fos, Barcelona, Valencia, Jeddah, Salalah, Jebel Ali, Singapore, Chiwan, Hong Kong, Dalian, Tianjin and Busan, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data.
   The standalone service operates with 11 MSC vessels averaging 8,875 TEUs.