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Maersk opens Dubai cold store

Maersk has opened its first cold store in Dubai and its third logistics centre in the Emirate. The site at Dubai Industrial City, is close to Jebel Ali Port, Al Maktoum International Airport, and the Etihad Rail freight terminal. It offers 12,500 pallet positions. [+]

Maersk orders more methanol ships

Maersk has ordered six 9,000teu container vessels with dual-fuel engines able to operate on green1 methanol from Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group. They will be delivered in 2026 and 2027. Maersk ordered the world’s first methanol-enabled container vessel in 2021 after if made a commitment to order only newbuild vessels and now ... [+]

Maersk moves to methanol

Maersk is to retrofit an existing ship to dual-fuel methanol operation, the first of its kind in the industry says the Danish operator. The work will be carried out in mid-2024 and the plan is to carry out similar work on sister vessels. [+]

Maersk steps up freighter flights

Maersk is increasing frequency and introducing additional aircraft on its freighter flights between China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the US. The service between Billund Denmark and Hangzhou will increase from three to five weekly and will receive a newly converted Boeing 767 freighter, operated by Maersk Air Cargo, the company’s ... [+]

Maersk to celebrate shipping first

Maersk will host a week of festivities in Copenhagen on 18-21 September to celebrate the arrival of the world’s first container vessel sailing on green methanol. The 2,100teu, 17.4-knot dual-fuel feeder vessel  will outside the Danish operator’s headquarters on her way to her sphere of operations in the Baltic Sea. The ... [+]

Maersk partners with fashion brand ASOS

Maersk has signed a new multi-year deal with UK-headquartered fashion brand ASOS, serving 26 million customers in over 200 markets. Maersk and ASOS will partner on Supply Chain Management along with ocean and air services into ASOS’ four fulfilment centres, two in the UK and in Germany and the US. [+]

Maersk to build Shanghai logistics hub

Maersk has signed a contract with Shanghai Free Trade Zone for a 113,000sq m logistics centre at Lin-gang. The US$174 million centre is expected to start operations in the third quarter of 2024 and will provide services, including international export consolidation, regional and global order fulfilment and distribution and cross ... [+]

Maersk opens Port Qasim site

AP Moller-Maersk has opened a 560,000sq ft integrated logistics park at Port Qasim in Pakistan. With its six purpose-built sheds, the new facility makes Maersk the country’s largest logistics and warehousing provider, with a total footprint of more than 1.3sq ft in seven cities. The latest facility will cater to ... [+]

Maersk to axe blockchain platform

AP Moller-Maersk and IBM are to discontinue their TradeLens Blockchain-enabled trade platform. Maersk’s head of business platforms, Rotem Hershko said that while the partners had successfully developed a viable platform, “the need for full global industry collaboration has not been achieved. As a result, TradeLens has not reached the level ... [+]

Maersk sets up car battery site

Maersk has opened a 14,000sq m warehouse for electric car batteries at Teplice in the north of the Czech Republic. It has a full range of safety features including thermal monitoring cameras and in-rack sprinklers and is divided into four independent, fire-resistant compartments. Batteries can be delivered by rail from ... [+]

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