Page 18 - Port of Baltimore - Issue 3 - 2022

CONTAINERS
Next Stop:
Baltimore
MSC’S SANTANA SERVICE ADDS PORT CALL BY TINA IRGANG LEADERMAN / Photography by Bill McAllen
T
he Port of Baltimore has been added to an existing international container service
with the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) that
features port visits between Asia and the Panama Canal as well as the
THE FULL ROTATION OF
THE SANTANA SERVICE WILL BE:
Haiphong DaChan Bay (China)
Shanghai (China) Busan (South Korea) Panama Canal Charleston
Baltimore New York Boston
Suez Canal Singapore Haiphong
“Adding the call of Baltimore to the enhanced Santana service demonstrates the capability
of this port, its people and the trucking community,” said Mauro Dal Bo, MSC’s Branch Manager in Baltimore. “It also exemplifies
how beneficial cargo owners are moving their distribution centers closer to the consumer market. They will be able to enjoy a direct service from new Asia ports to the U.S. East Coast.”
Ports America Chesapeake (PAC), which operates Seagirt under a public-private partnership agreement with the Maryland Port Administration (MPA), also welcomed the news
U.S. and the Suez Canal.
The MSC Santana service will now include
port calls in Baltimore and Boston, as well as DaChan Bay Port in China. The first sailing under the new schedule left the Port of Haiphong in Vietnam onboard the MSC Ellen on July 15.
“The international maritime shipping industry continues to speak loudly and favorably about the convenience, service and reliability of Maryland’s Port of Baltimore,” said Gov. Larry Hogan. “Mediterranean Shipping Company was the
first container shipping company at the Seagirt Marine Terminal and now it has added another service in Maryland at a time when we’re heavily investing in infrastructure upgrades at the Port.”
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