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Hamburg Sud signs Maersk slot share deal: updated

Maersk Line has announced a slot purchase agreement for Hamburg Süd’s volumes on the East–West trades, allowing traffic to be shipped on vessels in the joint Maersk-MSC 2M network. It agreement follows commercial negotiations in anticipation of the termination of Hamburg Süd’s current slot purchase arrangements on the East–West trades. The German line is in the process of being taken over by Maersk. Maersk Line will also  introduce a new Asia/North ... [+]

Hamburg Sud improves South America-London links

German shipping line Hamburg Süd is offering a new weekly service between South America West Coast, Central America, the Caribbean, and North Europe, including improved lead time from South America into London Gateway. South American ports served include Valparaiso, Puerto Angarnos, Callao, Buenaventura, Panama, Cartagena and Caucedo and extensive connections ... [+]

Great Danes grow even bigger with Hamburg Süd buy

Maersk Line is to buy one of the last independent European shipping lines and the world’s seventh-largest operator, Hamburg Süd, from its owners, German-based Oetker, subject to final agreement and regulatory approvals. The move will create a container shipping giant, adding Hamburg Süd’s 625,000teu, 130-ship capacity to Maersk Line, already the ... [+]

Hamburg Sud signs CCNI deal

Hamburg Süd has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire the container liner activities of Chile-based CCNI. The takeover, which had already been announced, is scheduled to take place at the end of March. Hamburg Süd will operate the CCNI container liner business under its brand name in the ... [+]

New deal brings UASC onto North Atlantic – but upsets shippers

Middle East-owned container line UASC has signed another partnership – with CMA CGM and Hamburg Süd, to bring it onto the North Atlantic service for the first time. Under a vessel sharing agreement, the service will call at north-west Europe, Southampton, New York, Norfolk, Charleston and Savannah and vice-versa, with ... [+]

More joint routes for CMA CGM and Hamburg Sud

CMA CGM and Hamburg Süd are to widen their existing cooperation to include a new pendulum service between Asia, the Caribbean, the US East Coast and North Europe, together with United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) on the transatlantic leg. For details will be made available soon. The new service will ... [+]

Hamburg Süd opens second Gujarat office

Hamburg Süd has opened an office in Gandhidham, India, the shipping line's second in Gujarat. It already has three offices in Mumbai, New Delhi and Ahmedabad. The Ahmedabad and Gandhidham office will take over all commercial activities in Gujarat from Seabridge Maritime Agency. Hamburg Sud has a weekly Europe-Pakistan/India service ... [+]

UASC and Hamburg Sud get together

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) and Hamburg Süd have signed a global cooperation agreement. Initially, the two partners will cooperate on several of their respective core trades, with Hamburg Süd entering the Asia-North Europe and Asia-US trades in December and January 2015, respectively, while UASC will enter the Europe-South America ... [+]

Hamburg Sud opens Nanjing office

Hamburg Süd is opening an office in Nanjing, China which will take over from the Ben Line agency. The new Nanjing office will be responsible for all Hamburg Süd operations in the Yangtze area, the ports of Chongqing and Wuhan, and also Lianyungang. [+]

Hamburg Sud buys CCNI liner business

German-based line Hamburg Sud is to buy the container liner activities of Chile's CCNI including general agency functions. The deal, which is subject to due diligence, is scheduled to be executed by the end of the year. Hamburg Sud said the move would strengthen its liner network to and from ... [+]

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