Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) has announced enhanced services from North and Western India to Europe, effective April 2018.
Under the new arrangements, MSC will offer three departures per week from Nhava Sheva/Mundra to Europe. The revised service will ensure better coverage of cargo bound to Europe from Nhava Sheva/Mundra and all inland container depots in the region.
The three services, viz. IPAK/HIMALAYA and IPAK2 will offer a total of 8 direct ports in UK/North Europe and wide coverage to Scandinavia/Baltic/South America via the hub ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam. In addition, services will be offered to a wide range of destinations in the Mediterranean, South America, North Africa and the Red Sea.
MSC reinforces its commitment to the Indian trade with these service changes, it added.
IPAK
Port rotation: Nhava Sheva- Hazira-Mundra-King Abdullah-Gioia Tauro-Southampton-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Dunkirk-Felixstowe-Le Havre-King Abdullah-Djibouti-Port Qasim-Nhava Sheva
HIMALAYA
Port rotation: Colombo-Nhava Sheva-Mundra-King Abdullah-Piraeus-Barcelona-Felixstowe-Rotterdam-Hamburg-Antwerp-Sines-Colombo
IPAK 2
Port rotation: Jebel Ali- Karachi- Nhava Sheva- Mundra-Jeddah- Tangier Med- Rotterdam- Hamburg- London Gateway- Antwerp- Le Havre- Tangier Med- Jeddah-Jebel Ali