MCC Transport Philippines brings in another container vessel in September
MCC Transport Philippines is bringing in another container vessel to ply its lucrative Philippine domestic service.
The company, which is majority-owned by MCC Transport Singapore Pte Ltd, will introduce into the country the 13,760 dwt Indian Express. The Gibraltar-registered vessel will be reflagged in the Philippines and renamed MCC Sandiwa.
The change in registry is necessary to comply with Philippine cabotage laws that allow only Philippine-flagged vessels to operate in domestic trades.
The Indian Express has a nominal capacity of 1,114 TEUs although its effective capacity is more in the order of 700 TEUs. It is expected to arrive in the Philippines some time in September.
This will be the second vessel in just four months that MCC Transport will be moving into the country. In June, the company brought in the Gibraltar-flagged, 13,760 dwt Iberian Express. This was renamed the MCC Sandigan.
The MCC Sandigan was brought in to replace the off-hire MCC Sulo. The 700 TEU capacity vessel is now servicing the Manila-Bacolod-General Santos-Davao-Cagayan de Oro-Cebu run.
Apart from the MCC Sandigan, MCC Transport also operates the 607 TEU MCC Sinag.
MCC Transport Philippines has been operating in the Philippines since 2007. It is one of only two fully containerised shipping operators in the country.
The company is a joint venture between Maersk-owned MCC Transport Singapore Pte Ltd, Maersk's Mercantile Ocean Maritime Co (Filipinas) Inc and Manila-based Aboitiz Transport System Corp.
The company, which is majority-owned by MCC Transport Singapore Pte Ltd, will introduce into the country the 13,760 dwt Indian Express. The Gibraltar-registered vessel will be reflagged in the Philippines and renamed MCC Sandiwa.
The change in registry is necessary to comply with Philippine cabotage laws that allow only Philippine-flagged vessels to operate in domestic trades.
The Indian Express has a nominal capacity of 1,114 TEUs although its effective capacity is more in the order of 700 TEUs. It is expected to arrive in the Philippines some time in September.
This will be the second vessel in just four months that MCC Transport will be moving into the country. In June, the company brought in the Gibraltar-flagged, 13,760 dwt Iberian Express. This was renamed the MCC Sandigan.
The MCC Sandigan was brought in to replace the off-hire MCC Sulo. The 700 TEU capacity vessel is now servicing the Manila-Bacolod-General Santos-Davao-Cagayan de Oro-Cebu run.
Apart from the MCC Sandigan, MCC Transport also operates the 607 TEU MCC Sinag.
MCC Transport Philippines has been operating in the Philippines since 2007. It is one of only two fully containerised shipping operators in the country.
The company is a joint venture between Maersk-owned MCC Transport Singapore Pte Ltd, Maersk's Mercantile Ocean Maritime Co (Filipinas) Inc and Manila-based Aboitiz Transport System Corp.