MSC announced that it reintroducing its "DRAGON service", that will connect Asia to Israel, Italy and South of France and offer the fastest transit times into the Mediterranean to further help provide our clients the flexibility to meet market demands.

In a short notice, MSC said with this enhanced service, the ocean carrier will be the first carrier offering a direct call into Naples that will allow its clients to get the best coverage into the South Italian market.

Additionally, this service will deliver the fastest connections into Tyrrhenian region and South of France.

 Source: MSC

Furthermore, it added that the newly introduced call at Ashdod Hadarom will allow MSC to offer full coverage of Asia into the Israeli market, together with a direct Haifa call on Phoenix service, further providing the flexibility our clients need.

The Dragon service follows the Shanghai – Ningbo  – Yantian – Singapore – Ashdod (HCT) – Naples – La Spezia – Genoa – Fos sur Mer – Gioia Tauro – King Abdullah – Singapore – Shanghai port rotation.

MSC noted that the first sailing is due to depart from Shanghai on March 15, 2023.