News / MSC gets into another vessel-sharing deal with Zim

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MSC has inked its second vessel-sharing agreement (VSA) with Zim in the space of a week, the Israeli carrier becoming a ship provider for the North Europe-Mediterranean Israel Express Service.

Commencing this week, the new VSA will deploy five 6,700 teu-type vessels, of which MSC will operate three.

The news comes from an MSC customer advisory, but is yet to be officially confirmed by Zim.

According to MSC, the updated rotation of the Israel Express Service will be: London Gateway-Rotterdam-Hamburg-Antwerp-Le Havre-Ashdod-Haifa-Damietta-Valencia-London Gateway.

The cooperation ...