Dragon and Jade Services: New Direct Calls on Asia-Mediterranean Trade

MSC is pleased to announce significant enhancements to its Dragon and Jade services, delivering faster transit times and improved connectivity from Asia to the Mediterranean.

The Dragon service will introduce a new direct call to Trieste, improving our current transit times by five days and providing seamless access to Koper, Rijeka, Venice, Ravenna and Ancona.

The Jade service will also be upgraded with a new direct call to Fos-sur-Mer, reducing our transit times by seven days.

These strategic improvements will bring faster and more reliable access to key markets.

The first DRAGON vessel on the new enhanced service will be the MSC Thais, voyage FD608W, ETA 18th February in Pusan following the rotation below:

Busan – Ningbo – Shanghai – Nansha – Yantian – Singapore – Trieste – Gioia Tauro – Genoa – La Spezia – Sines – New York – Boston – Norfolk – Charleston – Freeport, Grand Bahama – Busan

The first JADE vessel on the new enhanced service will be MSC Mette, voyage GJ607W, ETA 10th February in Qingdao following the rotation below:

Qingdao – Busan – Ningbo – Shanghai – Xiamen – Yantian – Singapore – Valencia – Barcelona – Fos-sur-Mer – Gioia Tauro – Singapore – Qingdao

With these upgrades, MSC reaffirms its commitment to providing efficient, dependable, and customer-focused shipping services.

Should you have any questions, please contact your local MSC representatives in our global network of more than 675 offices.