New port of call at Piraeus
Further to our announcement two weeks ago and following our objective to continually improve our services, we are delighted to inform the updated rotation for our Australia Express Service that will now call Piraeus as a direct port call, providing the only direct call into Greece currently available from the Australian market.
Service name: Australia Express
Ships nominal capacity: 12 x 4,800 vessels
Port rotation: Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Singapore, Chennai, Colombo, King Abdullah Port (Saudi Arabia), Piraeus, Valencia, Fos, La Spezia, Naples, Gioia Tauro, Port Louis, Pointe des Galets, Sydney.
First sailing: SCT Zurich FF5078, ETA Sydney 23rd March 2015.
TRANSIT TIME (DAYS) |
SINGAPORE |
CHENNAI |
COLOMBO |
KING ABDULLAH |
PIRAEUS |
VALENCIA |
SYDNEY |
18 |
23 |
25 |
34 |
39 |
43 |
MELBOURNE |
14 |
20 |
22 |
31 |
36 |
40 |
ADELAIDE |
12 |
17 |
20 |
28 |
33 |
38 |
FREMANTLE |
7 |
12 |
15 |
24 |
28 |
33 |
Piraeus connections:
• Improved transit times to Greece /Turkey / East Med and Black sea.
• NWC connections and service: In Piraeus will connect with the “Aegean service” which provide one of the most reliable and fastest links to/via Felixtowe, Rotterdam, and Antwerp.
Please contact your local MSC office for more information.