Maersk Line has announced plans to add an additional vessel to the rotation of the Samba service, which covers trade from East Coast South America to Middle East.
These changes will allow Maersk to improve the schedule reliability and at the same time run the vessels at an optimal speed, providing a more environmentally friendly transport due to reduced emissions.
By adding a vessel, Maersk also hopes to increase transit time by an average four days.
The first vessel on the new schedule will be Maersk Jakarta with an estimated time of arrival at the Suez Canal on November 5.
The rotation of the service will be unchanged: Itajai (Brazil), Paranagua (Brazil), Rio Grande (Brazil), Santos (Brazil), Salalah (Oman), Jebel Ali (UAE), Algeciras (Spain), Dakar (Senegal), and Vitoria (Brazil).
Maersk Line announced plans to implement a congestion surcharge for cargo moving through the Port of Jebel Ali, effective October
In an advisory to the trade, the Danish carrier said the trade between Jebel Ali and ports in the Middle East, the Red Sea and the Indian Subcontinent, including Bangladesh, will attract a surcharge of $100 per TEU (20 foot equivalent unit) and $200 per FEU (40 foot equivalent unit).
The company said the move was due to berthing delays and low productivity at the facility in Jebel Ali.
The charge follows DP World's recent announcement it was deploying more cranes to boost capacity at Jebel Ali.
Maersk earlier imposed a similar surcharge for the trade between Jebel Ali and Europe, effective August 1.
Maersk Line has been ranked number one both in capacity and in reliability among the world's top-20 carriers. The ranking was contained in the latest Drewry Shipping Consultants report detailing schedule reliability for 58 container lines. The Drewry report measures both global and trade lane reliability.
These changes will allow Maersk to improve the schedule reliability and at the same time run the vessels at an optimal speed, providing a more environmentally friendly transport due to reduced emissions.
By adding a vessel, Maersk also hopes to increase transit time by an average four days.
The first vessel on the new schedule will be Maersk Jakarta with an estimated time of arrival at the Suez Canal on November 5.
The rotation of the service will be unchanged: Itajai (Brazil), Paranagua (Brazil), Rio Grande (Brazil), Santos (Brazil), Salalah (Oman), Jebel Ali (UAE), Algeciras (Spain), Dakar (Senegal), and Vitoria (Brazil).
Maersk Line announced plans to implement a congestion surcharge for cargo moving through the Port of Jebel Ali, effective October
In an advisory to the trade, the Danish carrier said the trade between Jebel Ali and ports in the Middle East, the Red Sea and the Indian Subcontinent, including Bangladesh, will attract a surcharge of $100 per TEU (20 foot equivalent unit) and $200 per FEU (40 foot equivalent unit).
The company said the move was due to berthing delays and low productivity at the facility in Jebel Ali.
The charge follows DP World's recent announcement it was deploying more cranes to boost capacity at Jebel Ali.
Maersk earlier imposed a similar surcharge for the trade between Jebel Ali and Europe, effective August 1.
Maersk Line has been ranked number one both in capacity and in reliability among the world's top-20 carriers. The ranking was contained in the latest Drewry Shipping Consultants report detailing schedule reliability for 58 container lines. The Drewry report measures both global and trade lane reliability.