MSC Improves its Asia North Europe Network

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is pleased to inform you of the upcoming enhancements to our Asia-North Europe trade services, set to commence from week 32.

The updated network is designed to improve our services, offering new port pairs, and adapt to the ongoing challenges of port congestion in Europe, while continuing to offer competitive transit times for shipments between Asia and North Europe.

Please find below the revised rotations of our Griffin, Lion, Britannia and Condor services:

Griffin service

We will omit Le Havre but add a new call to Yantian, creating new pairs such as Yantian to Felixstowe in 35 days and Yantian to Rotterdam in 40 days.

The first sailing will be MSC VANDYA voyage 432 from Shanghai on 5 August 2024.

Shanghai – Ningbo – Xiamen – Yantian (new) – Tanjung Pelepas – Felixstowe – Rotterdam – Tanger Med – Hong Kong – Shanghai

Lion service

The service will be calling Le Havre, offering a new corridor connecting Yantian and Le Havre in 36 days. We will also provide competitive transit times from Ningbo to Le Havre (43 days) and from Shanghai to Le Havre (40 days). Please note that Rotterdam call will be removed and loaded on Griffin.

The first sailing will be MSC MICHEL CAPPELLINI voyage 432 from Ningbo on 6 August 2024.

Ningbo – Shanghai – Yantian – Tanjung Pelepas – Sines – Le Havre (new) – Antwerp – Felixstowe – Algeciras – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Ningbo

Britannia service

The port of Le Havre will replace the port of London Gateway.
The first sailing will be MSC TRIESTE voyage 433 from Shanghai on 7 August 2024.

Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Vung Tau – Liverpool – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – Le Havre (new) – Pointe des Galets – Port Louis – Singapore – Shanghai

Condor service

The call to Le Have will be omitted as from vessel MAERSK HORSBURGH voyage 433E. 

Ningbo – Shanghai – Nansha – Yantian – Tanjung Pelepas – Colombo – Tanger Med – Felixstowe – Hamburg – Antwerp – London Gateway – Tanger Med – Abu Dhabi – Jebel Ali – Ningbo