COSCO Shipping will take slots on an existing Canadian service via Montreal with Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), giving it a presence in Liverpool.
The decision follows a trial by the Chinese carrier in October 2018, since when MSC has also introduced a new call to Liverpool as part of a rotation including Canada, Turkey and several southern European ports.
It is the third major line announcement for the UK port in recent months, as the 2M shipping alliance confirmed at the end of 2018 that Liverpool will be a permanent call on its TA4 trans-Atlantic service.
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