MSC has launched a new feeder service between Northwest Europe and the Baltic Sea. Large feeders are used. Bremerhaven benefits from this.
The “Baltic Loop 7” service has been connecting Bremerhaven with Klaipeda, Gdynia and Gothenburg since last week. The “MSC Darien” with a capacity of 8,384 TEU was the first ship to make the journey.
With the new “Baltic Loop 7′, MSC currently operates by far the largest container ships in short sea shipping in the Baltic Sea. In addition to the “MSC Darien”, the even larger “MSC FIE X” with 9,640 TEU will be deployed, which will set sail for the first time next Monday.
MSC increases, Maersk reduces
The new feeder service with a two-week round trip replaces a previous service that connected Europe, including the Baltic Sea, with ports in North and South America. However, Klaipeda, Gdynia and Gothenburg are currently no longer served directly.
While Bremerhaven can look forward to the new service and the additional container volume, another regular customer on the Weser is cutting back somewhat. Maersk will have its ME2 service (North Europe-Middle East-India) sail past the Weser terminal in future. In Northern Europe, only Rotterdam and Felixstowe will then be served. Bremehraven will have to make do with the volume that comes via the Samba service from Tanger Med.
