News

We are pleased to announce the launching of the Israel Express Service by the end of August which will significantly improve the present service on the North West Continent line. This service will employ four vessels of 4000 TEUs nominal capacity and the rotation will be as follows:

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In response to market demand MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is pleased to announce the introduction of a new dedicated express service between Mexico and Europe. This service development will provide better transit times between Europe and Mexican ports, with a reduction in transits of ten days between the main European Ports and East Coast Mexican Ports.

Please be advised that Fuel Escalation Surcharge (FES) for US Inland rates will be increased as from May 12, 2010. Fuel applicable on all intermodal moves will be as follows:

Please be advised that as from March, 15th till the end of May weight restrictions in Canada during Spring Thaw for door deliveries will be applicable for provinces of Quebec, Saskatchewan and all Ontario cargo trucked from or to Quebec. Weight limitations will be as follows:

Please be informed that it is mandatory to affix bullet/bottle seals for all containers discharged in Pakistan.
Without that MSC agent can be fined severely by the local authorities what will be automatically re-invoiced to the shipper.

We would like to remind you the ways of setting ETA Gdynia for containers in Import to Poland.

MSC POLAND WEBSITE

On our website in the section tracking, after inserting the number of Bill of Lading or container, you will receive the information about container’s movements. Additionally by choosing Alerts by email and inserting the proper email address, you will automatically receive on mentioned mailbox the information about next container’s movements, when they will be realized.

We are glad to announce that as from now on we can offer port of Grangemouth in Scotland with transshipment in Antwerp and competitive transit time. It is already sixth port in United Kingdom offered by MSC:

MSC is glad to announce the introduction of new service to the port of Tartous which is second port offered in Syria by MSC. It will be served from Gdynia with two transshipments in Antwerp and Beirut with dedicated MSC feeder vessel.

Please be advised that as from March, 16th till the end of May weight restrictions in Canada during Spring Thaw for door deliveries will be applicable for provinces of Quebec, Saskatchewan and all Ontario cargo trucked from or to Quebec. Weight limitations will be as follows:

We are glad to announce that in the end of February 2009 we will start calling two new ports in Venezuela - La Guaira and Maracaibo. We will offer these ports from Gdynia with two transshipments - in Antwerp and Caucedo.

MSC is pleased to announce new calls in Brazil to Manaus and Vila do Conde (130 km distant from Belem). Service will start as from first week of February 2009. We will offer these ports from Gdynia with two transshipments - in Antwerp and Caucedo.

We are glad to announce that as from now on we can offer port of Grangemouth in Scotland with transshipment in Antwerp and competitive transit time. It is already sixth port in United Kingdom offered by MSC:

Please be advised that Fuel Escalation Surcharge (FES) for US Inland rates was decreased as from December 01, 2008. Fuel applicable on all intermodal moves is currently as follows:

We are glad to announce the introduction of direct calls at the Port of San Pedro in Ivory Coast, with the inaugural call of MSC Borneo on the 19^th of November. This weekly service will cover the key commodity export market from Ivory Coast and provide excellent transit times to all major global markets and is in addition to the direct calls in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast which will continue to be maintained on a reglar weekly basis.

We are pleased to announce that in order to keep a regular service we decided to add as from this week one more vessel on the fleet of the NWC - South Atlantic / Mexico service. Having this additional vessel and more time in our schedule we added two more ports in the rotation - Savannah and Port Everglades. This will allow us to offer a complete port coverage and the routing via Savannah to some destination currently offered via Charleston what will result in more economic costs.

Effective 01.01.2009 Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC) introduces liner THC in Gdynia in the amount of  EUR 130 per container. Following handlings will be settled by MSC directly with Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) and depots:

Please note that with immediate effect wharfage in New Orleans will increase from USD 2.55 per 2000 lbs to USD 2.70 per 2000 lbs.

We are glad to announce that as from now on MSC starts to call port of Annaba, the eastern port of Algeria, near the Tunisian border. It is already fifth Algerian port offered by MSC:

As per Senegalese Authorities there will be Bordereau de Suivi des Cargaisons implemented as from November 1st, 2008 for all shipments destined to Senegal. The cost of this document is 50 Euros per TEU and this document has to be provided by the receiver to obtain the custom delivery order, what means that without same shipment cannot be delivered.

We are pleased to announce that as from the first week of November we will provide a new weekly dedicated feeder service from Shantou. This service will be operated with MSC Wellington of approximately 1200 TEUS capacity and the rotation as follows:

Second half of October is heavily troubled by the strikes and National Holidays in Greece what can result in delayed delivery of containers. Below please find further information:

After several weeks of disruption due to the unfortunate well known bad weather condition during the hurricane season, we are pleased to announce that we have reinstated in our US SATL-GULF service a regular call to the port of Savannah.

Do not hestitate to contact us regarding freight rates and the details of service.

Please be advised that Fuel Escalation Surcharge (FES) for US Inland rates will be decreased as from October 23, 2008. Fuel applicable on all intermodal moves will be as follows:

We are pleased to announce that as from the first week of October we launched second service from North West Continent to South America East Coast. The new service is operated with five ships of approximately 2800 TEUS and the rotation is as follows:

We are glad to announce that MSC Poland's website is operational.

You can find here important and relevant information you may need: