MSC announces new ‘Central America Express’ service
MSC partners with Great White Fleet to serve a specific commodity market to provide faster links from key fruit-loading ports in Central America
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. announces proposals for an innovative new reefer-focussed service, the ‘Central America Express’, which will provide a broader range of faster services between the major fruit-loading ports of Central America and the US. MSC is launching this service in partnership with Great White Fleet (GWF), the shipping arm of US fruit giant and fresh food distributor Chiquita Brands.
The ‘Central America Express’ will connect Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama to Florida and the US Gulf (New Orleans and Freeport, Texas), while naturally taking advantage of MSC’s Bahamas hub of Freeport. It will be a two-string butterfly service.
The proposed deal represents a major strategic advance for MSC: partnering with a world-class operator to serve a specific commodity market while also introducing mother services to Central American countries other than Panama. Until now, other countries have been served with feeders departing from transhipment ports (Freeport, Cristobal or Balboa).
Overall, the launch of this new service not only demonstrates MSC’s capacity to flex its services according to the changing dynamics of the world’s markets, but also unwavering desire to deliver a best in class service to its customers.
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