MSC, Zim to Launch Joint Med-Europe Service

MSC and ZIM's new joint Med-Europe service.MSC and Zim's new joint Med-Europe service.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Zim Integrated Shipping Services will launch a new joint Mediterranean-Europe service in mid-February.

It will have the following rotation: Felixstowe, England; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hamburg, Germany; Antwerp, Belgium; Le Havre, France; Ashdod, Israel; Alexandria, Egypt; Haifa, Israel; Ashdod again; Valencia, Spain; and back to Felixstowe.

The new service will operate five 5,500- to 6,000-TEU vessels with a round trip of 35 days.

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