General

An MSC-owned container ship named "MSC LAUREN" with a capacity of 12,400 TEU arrived at the anchorage at the Port of Callao, Peru on September 21, and was quarantined after a crew member tested positive. According to the local quarantine agreement, the ship must be quarantined for 15 days.

According to reports, MSC has notified its customers of the incident and stated that all cargo will be detained on board until the end of the quarantine period. ONE issued a notice of schedule change. As the crew tested positive, "MSC LAUREN FA130A" took 15 days of quarantine in Callao.

"MSC LAUREN" is the "ANDES EXPRESS" service network deployed by Mediterranean Shipping MSC between Asia and the west coast of South America. It also serves the ALX2 route from Asia to Latin America provided by ONE.

Port of Call: Shanghai-Xiamen-Shekou-Hong Kong-Ningbo--Pusan-Manzanillo(Mexico)-Lazaro Cardenas-Rodman-Buenaventura-Callao-San Antonio-Coronel-Lirquen-San Antonio-Puerto Angamos-Callao-Manzanillo(Mexico )-Yokohama-Pusan-Shanghai.

This voyage involves the calling time of domestic ports: Shanghai Port (July 31st-August 2nd), Xiamen Port (August 3rd-4th), Shekou Port (August 8th-11th), Hong Kong Port ( August 11-12), Ningbo Port (August 17-18). Forwarders who have cargo on this voyage, please pay attention to the schedule information.

The "MSC LAUREN" container ship (IMO: 9467407, MMSI: 353428000) is a container ship built in 2011 flying the Panamanian flag. Ship tracking data showed that the ship arrived at the Port of Callao, Peru at 12:04 UTC on September 18th. The latest AIS data shows that the ship is still at anchor on the west coast of South America. According to the big schedule data, the ship involved multiple shipping companies in the same cabin, including: HAPAG-LLOYD, HMM, MSC, ONE.

MSC said: “We hereby inform that MSC Lauren FA136A/136R has tested a positive case of COVID-19 in Callao, Peru. Peruvian authorities have detained the ship before starting operations and will comply with the 15-day quarantine agreement. As for imported goods Will stay on the ship'MSC Lauren FA130A' until the mandatory isolation is completed. We will promptly notify the ship of the new ETA. For the planned export cargo,'MSC Lauren FA136R' will be transferred to'MSC Perle FA137R', and the arrival date is as follows: ETA San Antonio 29/09, ETA Coronel 03/10."

Ship information:

MSC LAUREN(IMO:9467407) is a Container Ship registered and sailing under the flag of Panama.Her gross tonnage is 140096 and deadweight is 139324.MSC LAUREN was built in 2011.MSC LAUREN length overall(LOA) is 365.85 m, beam is 48.44 m.Her container capacity is 12400 TEU.The ship is operated by MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING CO.