MSC launches new Asia-Med 'Jade' service
MSC has launched a sixth two way Far East-Europe/Med loop, connecting South China (Shenzhen and Hong Kong area), Singapore and Valencia (MSC hub) (Jade). Valencia acts as a hub from where Asian cargoes are relayed to West Africa and the ECSA using :The 'Jade' is the sixth two way Far East-Europe/Med loop (and seventh one if the westbound SE Asia-Europe string of the Europe pendulum is included). It will add around 3,000 weekly teu to these five existing MSC FE-Europe loops, which offer 41,200 weekly teu (2.15 Mteu on an annual basis).