MSC adds call at Piraeus to its Australia Express Service rotation

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company updated rotation for its Australia Express Service that will now call Piraeus as a direct port call, providing the only direct call into Greece currently available from the Australian market, the line operator said in a press release.

Service name: Australia Express. Ships nominal capacity: 12 x 4,800 vessels

Port rotation: Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Singapore, Chennai, Colombo, King Abdullah Port (Saudi Arabia),  Piraeus, Valencia, Fos,  La Spezia, Naples,  Gioia Tauro, Port Louis, Pointe des Galets, Sydney.

First sailing: SCT Zurich FF5078, ETA Sydney 23rd March 2015.

Piraeus connections:
• Improved transit times to Greece /Turkey / East Med and Black sea.
• NWC connections and service: In Piraeus will connect with the “Aegean service” which provide one of the most reliable and fastest links to/via Felixtowe, Rotterdam, and Antwerp.
Geneva-headquartered Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC) was founded in 1970. Now it is the world's second shipping line in terms of container vessel capacity. MSC's fleet, which operates in all major ports of the world, comprises 471 vessels and has a capacity of 2,435,000 TEUs (as of end-December 2014).