MSC Adds Norfolk to Golden Gate Loop

Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Monday it will add calls at Norfolk to the revised port rotation of its Golden Gate Service from Asia via the Suez Canal.

As part of the change, the service will no longer call the Port of Savannah and Port Everglades.

MSC deploys 12 vessels of 6,050 20-foot equivalent units capacity on the revised Golden Service, which will have the following rotation: Shanghai, Ningbo, Chiwan, Yantian, Singapore, Salalah, Suez Canal transit, New York, Baltimore, Norfolk, Freeport (Bahamas), Suez Canal transit, Jeddah, Colombo, Singapore, Chiwan and Hong Kong.

MSC said the revised rotation will be effective with the sailing of the MSC Marta from Shanghai on Dec. 10.

Contact Peter T. Leach at pleach@joc.com.