Maersk Line, the world's biggest container shipping line, will resume its cargo service to Libya on Sept. 8 in its first shipment since February, a company's spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday.
Maersk Line, a unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO), said it would only call at the east Libyan port of Benghazi for now.
"Currently only acceptance into Benghazi has been agreed. However, we follow the development closely and will evaluate the feasibility of opening up acceptance into the remaining Libyan ports ongoing with the safety of our local staff and vessel crew in mind as well as the likelihood of operating the ports in question," said group press officer Michael Christian Storgaard.
Maersk Line said it stopped taking bookings from Libya, a step known as to seize acceptance, on Feb. 22.
"The cargo loading on the first vessel to call Benghazi will mainly be cargo that has been withheld in other Mediterranean ports due to the unrest in Libya," Storgaard said.
"Maersk Line was prior to seizing acceptance calling at Benghazi, Misrata and Al-Khoms in Libya."
Tripoli, Misrata and Al-Khoms ports on the west of the country and Benghazi in the east, all on the Mediterranean, handle general cargo and container shipping.
Maersk Line, a unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO), said it would only call at the east Libyan port of Benghazi for now.
"Currently only acceptance into Benghazi has been agreed. However, we follow the development closely and will evaluate the feasibility of opening up acceptance into the remaining Libyan ports ongoing with the safety of our local staff and vessel crew in mind as well as the likelihood of operating the ports in question," said group press officer Michael Christian Storgaard.
Maersk Line said it stopped taking bookings from Libya, a step known as to seize acceptance, on Feb. 22.
"The cargo loading on the first vessel to call Benghazi will mainly be cargo that has been withheld in other Mediterranean ports due to the unrest in Libya," Storgaard said.
"Maersk Line was prior to seizing acceptance calling at Benghazi, Misrata and Al-Khoms in Libya."
Tripoli, Misrata and Al-Khoms ports on the west of the country and Benghazi in the east, all on the Mediterranean, handle general cargo and container shipping.