MSC enhances NWC to South Africa Service

December 23, 2022

In our continuous efforts to enhance our product offering, MSC is pleased to announce the update of its NWC to South Africa service.

As part of the new service schedule, MSC will revise its port rotation in Northern Europe and call at Cape Town on the Northbound leg in order to improve transit times and schedule reliability.

MSC will continue to serve its customers in the Mediterranean via Sines and Las Palmas, ensuring quick and reliable connections at both transshipment ports.

The first vessel on the revised rotation will be MSC LILY, voyage NZ302A, ETA Rotterdam on 9 January 2023.

The new rotation will be as follows:

Rotterdam – London Gateway – Antwerp – Hamburg – Le Havre – Sines – Las Palmas –

Coega – Durban – Cape Town – Las Palmas – Rotterda

Please see below table for transit times.

POD POL	COEGA	DURBAN	CAPE TOWN
ROTTERDAM	28 DAYS	32 DAYS	40 DAYS
LONDON GATEWAY	27 DAYS	31 DAYS	39 DAYS
ANTWERP	25 DAYS	29 DAYS	37 DAYS
HAMBURG	22 DAYS	26 DAYS	34 DAYS
LE HAVRE	20 DAYS	23 DAYS	31 DAYS