Hapag-Lloyd announced on Friday (Mar10,2017) its enhanced MSW Service. The Company will continue to provide its customers with a weekly fix day service from South Europe to South America West Coast.

Hapag-Lloyd announces enhanced MSW Service – Now with a weekly fix day schedule

Container ship Ocean Promise - Image courtesy of Miranda Reiffers Te Loo

The enhanced MSW Service will continue to be the only dedicated and direct service from/to South Europe to/from South America West Coast and will also provide the customers with an improved port coverage in the West Mediterranean, in the Caribbean and at the South America West Coast.

The enhanced MSW Service is planned to commence on March 26, 2017, in Salerno, Italy, with the southbound departure of Hapag-Lloyd own operated vessel M/V Ocean Promise (voyage 712S). Consequently, the first northbound sailing begins on April 30, 2017, in San Antonio, Chile with the same vessel, M/V Ocean Promise (voyage 712N).

The new rotation of the enhanced MSW service will be as follows:

Hapag-Lloyd MSW service

The enhanced MSW Service will offer exclusively and weekly direct connections and competitive transit times in both directions:

Transit Time (in days) – Southbound

Transit Time (in days) – Northbound

Source: Hapag-Lloyd