News / MSC expanding standalone services to grow its network outside the 2M

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MSC is focused on expanding its standalone services outside the 2M Alliance as the two-year notice period on the vessel-sharing agreement runs out.

The carrier has tapped into the burgeoning Indian export market to the US with an expansion of its Sentosa loop, offering a direct connection from the Indian ports of Mundra and Nhava Sheva to the US west coast gateways of Long Beach and Oakland.

MSC said the enhanced service, which will deploy 12 11,500-16,650 teu vessels, instead of the ...