date:May 06, 2014
Bonita, MSC had to be able to offer the same transit time as Ecuadorian Line and guarantee space for 300,000 cartons of fruit each week. A direct service was also a requirement for the banana producer.
No pressure
He indicates that one of the main reasons for switching to a contract with a container shipping company is do with the fact that Ecuadorian Line couldn't always fill the big ships (with space for 450 40 feet containers) completely. Our ships had a reasonable capacity and we were unde