MSC’s new service to connect Baltic Sea with US East Coast

The largest container line in the world Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a new weekly service, which will link the ScanBaltic region with the US East Coast and is expected to start at the end of March.

MSC said its new service will offer Klaipeda, Lithuania to New York, US in 15 days, Gdynia, Poland to New York in 13 days and Gothenburg, Sweden to New York in 11 days. The Swiss/Italian ocean carrier noted that no transshipment will be required between load and discharge ports.

The new service rotation will be Klaipeda – Gdynia – Gothenburg – Bremerhaven – New York – Philadelphia – Norfolk – Klaipeda.

MSC’s new ScanBaltic to US East Coast service”MSC is the only carrier to provide a direct connection between the two regions, reducing transshipment for customers and providing expedited transit times,” pointed out the company in its statement.

MSC added that the new service connects with the company’s broad European short sea and intermodal networks, “opening new opportunities for exporters across the region and enhancing support for the automotive, furniture and frozen/sea food industries between the ScanBaltic and US.”