Med Shipping switches ports on Asia/Mediterranean service
Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Co. has replaced calls at Izmir and Mersin, Turkey, with new calls at Thessaloniki and Piraeus, Greece, on its weekly Asia/Mediterranean “Tiger Service.”
The “MSC Tina,” the first ship to follow the revised port rotation, will arrive in Thessaloniki and Piraeus Feb. 12 and 14, respectively.
The “Tiger Service” uses eight ships of about 2,500 TEUs, and has a revised port rotation of Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Singapore, Istanbul, Constanta, Gemlik, Istanbul, Thessaloniki, Piraeus, Jeddah, Singapore, Shanghai, Ningbo, Chiwan and Hong Kong.
According to ComPair Data, the global liner shipping database at http://www.compairdata.com, the “Tiger Service” is the only deepsea service that serves Thessaloniki as a direct call.