MSC USA announced that their SAWC-USA-NWC service will stop calling directly the Philadelphia port, USA. The last vessel with a direct call is the MSC ANZUNX833R, ETD San Antonio 19/08/2018, ETA Philadelphia 02/08/2018.

Cargoes with destination Philadelphia, will now connect with the Florida Express Service at Cristobal port, Panama: keeping their arrival on Sundays with a 15 day transit time from San Antonio and 12 days from Callao.  All other WCSA origins will continue the same TSS connections and transit times to final USA POD’s will remain the same.

The new rotation of the SAWC- USA- NWC service to the USA will be: San Antonio (PCE) - Coronel - San Antonio (PCE) - Callao - Rodman - Cristobal - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Hamburg - Sines.

SCOPE: USA TO AD DAMMAM, JUBAIL, KING ABDULLAH PORT, SAUDI ARABIA 

OCC (OPERATIONS CONTRIBUTION COST) - EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1st, 2018

Effective August 1, 2018 the OCC (Operations Contribution Cost) in Ad Dammam, Jubail and King Abdullah Port, Saudi Arabia will change as per below:

For all cargo from USA and Puerto Rico to Ad Dammam, Jubail and King Abdullah Port, Saudi Arabia subject to Operations Contribution Cost at Destination: