Maersk revamps routes
Rising fuel costs have led to changes in Maersk Line's Asia-Europe services, reducing space by 2,000 FEUs (forty-foot equivalent units) per week while keeping all corridors served in the network.
The AE5 service was suspended from July 5, with the AE8 taking over.
The new AE8 rotation is Shanghai, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Valencia, Dunkirk, Southampton, Gothenburg, Aarhus, Bremerhaven and Rotterdam.
The route change adds direct calls from Kaohsiung to Valencia and Northern Europe, as well as between Shanghai and Valencia.
The sailing speed of the AE7 service on the eastbound sailings will be adjusted as of July 8 when the Ella Maersk departs from Rotterdam.
Ports calls in Tangiers, Morocco and Tanjung Pelepas will be added to the AE7 service to provide the port rotation of Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Algeciras, Tangier, Tanjung Pelepas and Yantian.
The westbound AE7 rotation remains uncha-nged.
A reduction of four days in transit between Kwangyang and ports in North Europe is the result of a changed rotation in the AE2 service.
The new AE2 rotation is Busan, Dalian, Xingang, Qingdao, Kwangyang, Shanghai, Bre-merhaven, Rotterdam, Felixstowe and Salalah.
Cargo for Dalian, Xingang, and Qingdao will arrive and depart one day earlier than the current schedule.
Meanwhile, Maersk Line parent A P Moller-Maersk has signed an agreement with Hyundai Heavy Industries for the delivery of 18 container vessels with a capacity of 4,500 TEU each in 2011 and 2012. The vessels form part of Maersk Line's fleet renewal and development programme.
Each vessel is equipped with a waste heat recovery system. The system reuses excess heat from the exhaust to generate energy for propulsion of the vessel and on-board electricity. The reduction in fuel consumption results in a corresponding reduction of emissions.
Maersk Line is working on a variety of deployment scenarios for these vessels, but currently expects to deploy them in trades to and from Sub-Saharan Africa.
The AE5 service was suspended from July 5, with the AE8 taking over.
The new AE8 rotation is Shanghai, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Valencia, Dunkirk, Southampton, Gothenburg, Aarhus, Bremerhaven and Rotterdam.
The route change adds direct calls from Kaohsiung to Valencia and Northern Europe, as well as between Shanghai and Valencia.
The sailing speed of the AE7 service on the eastbound sailings will be adjusted as of July 8 when the Ella Maersk departs from Rotterdam.
Ports calls in Tangiers, Morocco and Tanjung Pelepas will be added to the AE7 service to provide the port rotation of Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Algeciras, Tangier, Tanjung Pelepas and Yantian.
The westbound AE7 rotation remains uncha-nged.
A reduction of four days in transit between Kwangyang and ports in North Europe is the result of a changed rotation in the AE2 service.
The new AE2 rotation is Busan, Dalian, Xingang, Qingdao, Kwangyang, Shanghai, Bre-merhaven, Rotterdam, Felixstowe and Salalah.
Cargo for Dalian, Xingang, and Qingdao will arrive and depart one day earlier than the current schedule.
Meanwhile, Maersk Line parent A P Moller-Maersk has signed an agreement with Hyundai Heavy Industries for the delivery of 18 container vessels with a capacity of 4,500 TEU each in 2011 and 2012. The vessels form part of Maersk Line's fleet renewal and development programme.
Each vessel is equipped with a waste heat recovery system. The system reuses excess heat from the exhaust to generate energy for propulsion of the vessel and on-board electricity. The reduction in fuel consumption results in a corresponding reduction of emissions.
Maersk Line is working on a variety of deployment scenarios for these vessels, but currently expects to deploy them in trades to and from Sub-Saharan Africa.