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Valencia woos China Shipping and MSC

22 years ago

China Shipping is reportedly evaluating Malta Freeport against Valencia as the hub where it will deploy its new fleet of 8,100TEU vessels. In July 2002, the carrier agreed with Malta that it would use facilities there to tranship boxes between its Asia, Mediterranean and East Coast US services. However, a switch to Valencia might be on the cards given the increasing importance of the port for imports of Chinese goods.

China Shipping is reportedly evaluating Malta Freeport against Valencia as the hub where it will deploy its new fleet of 8,100TEU vessels. In July 2002, the carrier agreed with Malta that it would use facilities there to tranship boxes between its Asia, Mediterranean and East Coast US services. However, a switch to Valencia might be on the cards given the increasing importance of the port for imports of Chinese goods.