Maersk line has added a direct South Vietnam call on its Trans-Pacific 6 service; and announced reefer acceptance into Iraq.
Maersk Line will adjust its Trans-Pacific 6 (TP6) service with the addition of a direct, all water call from South Vietnam to the US West Coast.
Effective May 12th, the direct TP6 call makes Maersk Line the first carrier to introduce the Post-Panamax class (9,000 TEU vessels) to Vietnam.
The new service will call at the SP-PSA International Terminal in Vung Tau, Vietnam, a deepwater facility that accommodates larger vessels located 80 km south of Ho Chi Minh City near the mouth of the Cai Mep-Thi Vai River.
This direct service will arrive into the APM Terminals facility in Los Angeles, California on Sundays, delivering cargo in just eighteen days.
Maersk Line's slow steaming TP6 service will continue to cover the Far East and US West Coast with fourteen vessels calling at Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia > Vung Tau, Vietnam > Yantian, China > Hong Kong, China > Los Angeles, California on the eastbound route.
The westbound rotation will be Los Angeles, California > Yokohama, Japan > Nagoya, Japan > Shanghai, China > Ningbo, China > Xiamen, China > Hong Kong, China > Yantian, China > Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia.
South Vietnam will be serviced via transhipment at Hong Kong by feeder service on the westbound rotation.
Vietnam service to and from the US East Coast will remain unchanged on the TP3 and TP7 services.
Maersk has also enhanced its service portfolio in Iraq, and now offers a direct reefer service to and from Iraq through the South Port terminal in Umm Qasr - giving Maersk Line direct access to the only dedicated reefer yard in Iraq.
Combined with a Maersk-owned feeder vessel operating between Jebel Ali Dubai (UAE) and Umm Qasr (Iraq), customers are no longer limited to overland routes with complex cross-border procedures to serve the Iraqi market.
Initially, Maersk will only accept frozen cargo into Iraq, but will soon open to the full range of frozen and chilled reefer commodities.
Maersk Line will adjust its Trans-Pacific 6 (TP6) service with the addition of a direct, all water call from South Vietnam to the US West Coast.
Effective May 12th, the direct TP6 call makes Maersk Line the first carrier to introduce the Post-Panamax class (9,000 TEU vessels) to Vietnam.
The new service will call at the SP-PSA International Terminal in Vung Tau, Vietnam, a deepwater facility that accommodates larger vessels located 80 km south of Ho Chi Minh City near the mouth of the Cai Mep-Thi Vai River.
This direct service will arrive into the APM Terminals facility in Los Angeles, California on Sundays, delivering cargo in just eighteen days.
Maersk Line's slow steaming TP6 service will continue to cover the Far East and US West Coast with fourteen vessels calling at Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia > Vung Tau, Vietnam > Yantian, China > Hong Kong, China > Los Angeles, California on the eastbound route.
The westbound rotation will be Los Angeles, California > Yokohama, Japan > Nagoya, Japan > Shanghai, China > Ningbo, China > Xiamen, China > Hong Kong, China > Yantian, China > Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia.
South Vietnam will be serviced via transhipment at Hong Kong by feeder service on the westbound rotation.
Vietnam service to and from the US East Coast will remain unchanged on the TP3 and TP7 services.
Maersk has also enhanced its service portfolio in Iraq, and now offers a direct reefer service to and from Iraq through the South Port terminal in Umm Qasr - giving Maersk Line direct access to the only dedicated reefer yard in Iraq.
Combined with a Maersk-owned feeder vessel operating between Jebel Ali Dubai (UAE) and Umm Qasr (Iraq), customers are no longer limited to overland routes with complex cross-border procedures to serve the Iraqi market.
Initially, Maersk will only accept frozen cargo into Iraq, but will soon open to the full range of frozen and chilled reefer commodities.