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Maersk Line ship in dead whale incident

The Maersk Norwich arrived at the port of Rotterdam from Santa Marta in Colombia carrying a dead 12-metre long Whale on its bulb, at about 11am on 6 June. It is not known yet what type of whale it is and where the vessel has picked it up. The whale was removed and a university institute is now studying it. [+]

Maersk cuts admin jobs

Maersk Line has announced plans to restructure its global HQ function (Centre) operations and reduce the number of positions by 400, 250 at its main Copenhagen base. The line said the move follows efforts to 'de-layer' and off-shoring of work to shared service centres. Centre locations include offices in Copenhagen, London, ... [+]

Cork back in banana business

The Port of Cork officially opened its extended container handling facility at the Sean Lemass Deepwater Terminal, Ringaskiddy on 30 May. The facilities have allowed Maersk  to commence its first ever direct service to Ireland operating weekly from the Mexican port of Vera Cruz and calling to Costa Rica, Belize and ... [+]

Daily Maersk delivers

Maersk said on 25 April that its 'Daily' service from Asia to Europe had delivered average reliability of 97% in its first six months, and more recently reliability has exceeded 99%. The service had move over 93,500 containers from Asia to Europe. In the Yantian, China to Felixtowe corridor alone it had ... [+]

Maersk is back but…

Maersk Line has resumed bookings from North Europe to Asia following the suspension introduced on 23 March due to a spate of cancelled vessels following Chinese New Year. However, the carrier has also announced a general rate increase of $300 per teu and is also levying a $300 per box ... [+]

Quality will cost, says Maersk Line

Shipping lines are losing their shirts and shippers must expect to pay more if they are to enjoy quality services in the future, was as gist of the message from Maersk Line's new boss on 5 March. Chief executive officer , in his first major announcement to the press since ... [+]

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