Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) has announced its new cooperation with CMA CGM and COSCO on the IMED service, to give the trade a fast and direct service between the Indian Subcontinent, Turkey and East Mediterranean ports.
The IMED service will be operated with 7 vessels of 9,000 TEUs capacity, of which MSC will provide 5 vessels and CMA CGM and COSCO will provide 1 vessel each.
The port rotation is: Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Colombo, King Abdullah, Port Said, Mersin, Piraeus, Tekirdag, Istanbul, Mersin, Iskenderun, King Abdullah, Salalah, Jebel Ali, Mina Khalifa, Hamad, Jubail, Jebel Ali, Mundra.
The joint service will commence from Hamad on November 12, 2018. MSC continuously strengthens its commitment to its customers in the Indian trade to provide fast and reliable services.
