News / MSC beefs up its standalone network as newbuilds arrive

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With over half a million teu added to its fleet since January, and an orderbook of 1.5m teu, MSC is ramping up its standalone network in Europe ahead of the demise of the 2M Alliance.

Following the reinstatement of its Asia-North Europe Swan service last month, which it operates outside the 2M’s five-loop alliance, MSC has decided to add the key cargo volume ports of Busan and Bremerhaven to the service, thus increasing the competition with the alliance vessels.

The 2M’s Swan/AE2 ...