COSCO joins Mediterranean–Canada service

COSCO Shipping Lines will take slots on Hapag-Lloyd’s Mediterranean Canada (MCA) service, according to DynaLiners. The Chinese carrier will market the connection under the Mediterranean Canada Service (MECA) brand. The full MCA rotation covers: Salerno – Livorno – Genoa – Marseille – Sagunto – Algeciras – Tangier – Vigo – Saint John – Montreal – Tangier – Salerno. However, COSCO’s slot agreement will not cover the calls at Vigo in Spain or Saint John in Canada. The move follows a similar arrangement involving COSCO’s sister carrier OOCL, which has also joined the Hapag-Lloyd-operated Mediterranean–Canada connection.