MSC launches new India-US service Indusa; revises Indus Express
August 31, 2020: Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has revised the rotation of its Indus Express service and is launching a new Indusa service, starting on September 1, 2020.
With the first sailing MSC Ludovica, voyage IV036A, ETD Mundra Sept 1, rotation of Indusa will be: Mundra %u2013 Nhava Sheva %u2013 Colombo %u2013 Valencia %u2013 New York %u2013 Savannah %u2013 Norfolk %u2013 Mundra.
August 31, 2020: Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has revised the rotation of its Indus Express service and is launching a new Indusa service, starting on September 1, 2020.
“Both services will operate as standalone MSC services offering competitive transit times from the Middle East and Indian subcontinent region to the U.S. East Coast. Our U.S. customers benefit from the possibility to import cargo from anywhere in India boosting predictability for effective supply chain planning. The new announcement superseded the August 15 announcement about the Indus Express,” said the advisory.
The Indus Express service will focus on North-West India, Pakistan, the Middle East and U.S. East Coast markets. The new Indusa service will connect Southeast India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh to U.S. East coast, with a call at Colombo in Sri Lanka to reinforce our offering for cargo shippers in the Indian subcontinent.
The new rotation of Indus Express will be as follows with the first sailing Northern Javelin, voyage IU035A, ETD Abu Dhabi August 28, 2020: Abu Dhabi – Jebel Ali – Port Qasim – Nhava Sheva – Mundra – Haifa – New York – Charleston – Savannah – Freeport – Houston – Freeport – Valencia – King Abdullah Port – Abu Dhabi – Jebel Ali – Karachi Port Qasim – Mundra.
