The Port of Virginia will gain a “first-in” vessel call in June when MOL will begin making weekly calls at Norfolk International Terminals with its new all-water service between the Far East and the U.S. East Coast via the Suez Canal.

The announcement of the new MOL call comes on top of two other moves earlier this year by carriers that made Virginia the last call on the return legs of their all-water services to Asia.

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