 MSC launches S¡¯East Asia-Long Beach loop Sentos |
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American Shipper |
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04/02/2021 |
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MSC has announced the start of a direct South East Asia - California Sentosa service. The new loop will compensate for the loss of a connection from Singapore and Laem Chabang to Long Beach that results from the split of the 2M Europe - Asia - USWC AE6 - TP2 / Lion - Jaguar pulum service into separate Far East - Europe loop AE6 / Lion and the transpacific service TP2 / Jaguar . The Sentosa service will be launched in early April with the 5,050 MSC ORNELLA. It will call at Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Long Beach, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Singapore.
MSC has announced the Sentosa as a dedicated service operated outside the scope of the 2M Vessel Sharing Agreement with Maersk. The ¡¯Sentosa¡¯ will not only offer fast transit times from Laem Chabang and Cai Mep to Long Beach, but will also allow MSC to reposition empty boxes from Long Beach to Central China on the way back to Singapore.
Maersk and MSC announce new 2M Asia - USEC loop
Maersk and MSC have both confirmed their intentions to launch an additional Asia - US East Coast service. The loop will become operational in May as part of the Asia - North American portfolio of the 2M Vessel Sharing Agreement.
The new TP23 / Palmetto service will include direct calls in Vietnam and it will replace the significant number of extra loaders on ad-hoc routings deployed in the past months.
Full details on fleet deployment, port rotation, starting date and transit times have yet to be announced, but direct calls at Vietnam, Yantian, Savannah, Charleston and Newark (New York) have already been confirmed. Similarly, it is known that the serve will be routed via the Panama Canal on the way from Asia to the USA.
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