MSC brings on 14,000-TEUers in its Asia-Europe Lion Service

GENEVA`s Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to introduce 14,000-TEU ships - the biggest in the world - on its Asia-Europe Lion Service, which now only deploys nine 9,200-TEUers and two 11,600-TEU vessels.

The 14,000-TEU MSC Bettina and MSC Irene are expected to set sail in July on the Lion Service after several months of lying idle at the Samsung yards because of delayed delivery dates, reported Paris-based Alphaliner.


The company`s Asia-Europe Silk Service is expected to be ready with a flotilla of of 13,798-14,000 TEU ships by August. Nine of the 11 are of that size, and two more 14,000-TEUers, the MSC Meltilde and the MSC Paloma, will be added soon, said Alphaliner.


The Lion Service rotation will be Le Havre, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Felixstowe, Singapore, Shenzhen-Chiwan, Busan, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shenzhen-Yantian, Guangzhou-Nansha, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Chiwan, Singapore, Salalah and back to Le Havre.