News / MSC lines up against Grimaldi as it enters deepsea ro-ro shipping sector

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23/01/2018

The world’s second largest container shipping line, MSC, has announced plans to enter the scheduled deepsea roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) sector.

The Geneva-headquartered carrier will launch a fortnightly ro-ro service between North Europe and West Africa on 19 February, with a port rotation of Le Havre-Antwerp-Dakar-Conakry-Abidjan-Le Havre.

The service will deploy two ...

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