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New chief for Maersk North Europe

Ole Trumpfheller has been appointed vice president and managing director of Maersk’s North Europe Continent (NEC) area, based in Hamburg. He joins from forwarder DB Schenker, where he was head of global operations and chief operating officer, global contract logistics and supply chain. Prior to that, he spent several years at DHL. The NEC area comprises of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux and Poland and is one of the largest areas ... [+]

Maersk offers 70,000 airport pairs

Maersk has launched a digital platform for customers to purchase air freight services. It provides an option to book their requirements with instant prices for 70,000 connections between virtually all airports globally and in over 90 countries. [+]

Maersk splits Panama Canal service

Maersk is switching from vessels to a land bridge to avoid the Panama Canal on its OC1 service between Oceania and the Americas. This is due to the water situation, which has forced the Panama Canal Authority to reduce the number and weight of vessels passing through the waterway. The service ... [+]

Maersk to reroute all Red Sea vessels

Maersk says that all vessels due to transit the Red Sea / Gulf of Aden will be diverted south around the Cape of Good Hope for the foreseeable future. It follows its announcement on 2 January that it would pause all vessels bound for the region in light of the ... [+]

Maersk methanol ship due to debut on Asia-Europe route

Maersk will deploy the first of its 18 large methanol-enabled vessels on the AE7 string between Asia and Europe on 9 February. The 16,000teu vessel’s call will include Ningbo, Shanghai, Tanjung Pelepas, Colombo, Felixstowe and London Gateway. The ship is fitted with a dual-fuel engine that can run on methanol as ... [+]

Maersk opens LAX site

Danish-owned shipping and airfreight giant AP Moller-Maersk has inaugurated a new 130,000sq ft import and export gateway near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). It offers direct planeside recovery and immediate unit load device (ULD) transfers. It complements Maersk’s existing air cargo gateways, including Atlanta and Chicago that have opened in ... [+]

CMA CGM and Maersk sign green shipping pact

One time partners in the 2M alliance CMA CGM and Maersk have joined forces to develop the use of greener fuels for container vessels. The two lines have set a net-zero target for their shipping business and have identified scalable solutions that can create impact in the decade. Maersk has been ordering ... [+]

Maersk offers sea-rail solution to central Asia

Maersk is offering an ocean-rail service between Europe, the US and the Far East to central Asia. It focuses on Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and will be the basis for further services to neighbouring countries such as Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Services operate via the Georgian port Poti from where cargo ... [+]

Maersk signs green fuel deal with Amazon

AP Moller - Maersk has signed an agreement with online retailer Amazon to transport 20,000 containers using green biofuel through Maersk’s ECO Delivery ocean service in 2023-24. The line estimates that will contribute to a reduction in 44,600 tonnes of CO2e versus standard bunker fuel. It is the fourth consecutive ... [+]

Marks and Sparks to be Maersk’s first Croatia customer

Maersk has opened its first multi-customer warehouse Croatia. Located less than 20 kilometers from the port of Rijeka the 12,000sq m facility’s first customer will be Marks & Spencer. The new warehouse is a Class A type, with high security standards and is designed to minimise greenhouse gas emissions thanks to ... [+]

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