News / MSC returns to port of Southampton as the Luciana joins 2M's Condor service

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After an absence of nearly 40 years, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) last week called at the port of Southampton when MSC Luciana arrived on the morning of 10 June.

The 2009-built vessel, with a nominal capacity of 11,660 teu, is the first MSC ship to be phased into the 2M Alliance’s Condor service, which since it started in March this year but has so far only seen Maersk Line vessels deployed.

The world’s second-largest container line, MSC, has been a customer at Southampton’s ...