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Maersk tweaks Asian routes

New direct coverage from Qingdao and Xingang into the UK are among the features of a revamped Maersk Line schedule from Asia and North Europe. Maersk will also continue to offer a Southampton and adds a new direct call from Yokohama. It forms part of an optimisation of the Danish-owned carrier’s  optimised Asia-North Europe schedule. Maersk adds that it has redesigned the network to ensure it is better equipped to deal with ... [+]

Maersk back in Liverpool after ten years

Peel Ports celebrated the return of Maersk to Liverpool when its feeder vessel, Antwerp, arrived in port on 27 April. The 1,100teu ship made its first call as part of a new service by Maersk’s Seago short-sea arm on a new route between Algeciras, Liverpool and Dublin. This is the first ... [+]

Container truck chaos in south London

A truck carrying a Maersk container has caused transport chaos in south London after it crashed into a rail bridge at Tulse Hill this morning, the BBC reports. The truck driver has been treated by paramedics for a hand injury, but otherwise there are no reported casualties. However, the incident has caused ... [+]

Maersk to link Cuba with Cork and Tilbury

Maersk Line has added the Cuban port of Mariel, near Havana to its CRX service which serves Cork, Tilbury and north-west Europe, following the lifting of international sanctions against the Caribbean country. The service, which already serves other Latin American ports, including Big Creek, Puerto Moin and Manzanillo, will be ... [+]

Maersk to start Liverpool-Med service

Maersk Line's intra-European arm Seago is to introduce a direct service between the Mediterranean transhipment hub of Algeciras in Spain and Liverpool from 13 April. Liverpool's new Liverpool2 large container berth is also due to start handling its first commercial boxes at about the same time. The service, which also calls in ... [+]

Maersk cuts Chile times

Maersk Line has cut voyage times on its AC3 service from West Coast South America to Europe during Chile’s peak fruit season. [+]

Geodis takes Maersk’s carbon pledge

Forwarder Geodis has joined Maersk Line’s Carbon Pact Challenge. Under the agreement, CO2 emissions per container moved will reduce by 20% a year until 2020. [+]

Maersk switches another service to London Gateway

Maersk Line has switched the UK call of its Samba South America service from Tilbury to DP World London Gateway Port. The first call on the service will be made by the Maersk Lanco on 21 March. The service includes calls at Santos, Paranagua, Itajal, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio Grande, Santos, ... [+]

Portsmouth wins Colombia link

Maersk Line has introduced a new weekly service from Colombia, South America to Portsmouth in the UK, primarily to carry containerised refrigerated bananas. The Hampshire port welcomed the Maersk Antwerp Trader – the first vessel on the new service and the largest cargo ship ever to call – on 20 ... [+]

Maersk signs Philips carbon pact

Philips and Maersk Line have committed to cut 20% CO2 for every container moved for the electrical manufacturer under a five year pact. It is part of a programme by Philips to create awareness of sustainability and encourage its performers to increase their environmental performance. [+]

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