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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 world’s biggest operator, and creating an operator with a capacity of around 3.8 million teu and 741 ships. The new ...
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Maersk Line says it made a $116 million loss in the third quarter of the year, compared with a $264m in the same quarter of 2015. Average freight rate decreased by 16% compared to the third quarter of 2015, but it had increased 5.5% compared to the second quarter of ...
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Maersk subsidiary Seago Line has replace the 1,100teu Antwerp on its new Algeciras-Liverpool-Dublin, introduced in April, with a larger vessel, the 1,432teu Independent Accord.
The service provides direct connections to and from the north west of England, Ireland and the Mediterranean, with a six-day transit time between Algeciras and Liverpool.
Introduction of ...
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New direct coverage from Qingdao and Xingang into the UK are among the features of a revamped Maersk Line schedule from Asia and North Europe. Maersk will also continue to offer a Southampton and adds a new direct call from Yokohama.
It forms part of an optimisation of the Danish-owned carrier’s ...
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Peel Ports celebrated the return of Maersk to Liverpool when its feeder vessel, Antwerp, arrived in port on 27 April.
The 1,100teu ship made its first call as part of a new service by Maersk’s Seago short-sea arm on a new route between Algeciras, Liverpool and Dublin. This is the first ...
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A truck carrying a Maersk container has caused transport chaos in south London after it crashed into a rail bridge at Tulse Hill this morning, the BBC reports.
The truck driver has been treated by paramedics for a hand injury, but otherwise there are no reported casualties.
However, the incident has caused ...
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Maersk Line has added the Cuban port of Mariel, near Havana to its CRX service which serves Cork, Tilbury and north-west Europe, following the lifting of international sanctions against the Caribbean country. The service, which already serves other Latin American ports, including Big Creek, Puerto Moin and Manzanillo, will be ...
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Maersk Line's intra-European arm Seago is to introduce a direct service between the Mediterranean transhipment hub of Algeciras in Spain and Liverpool from 13 April.
Liverpool's new Liverpool2 large container berth is also due to start handling its first commercial boxes at about the same time.
The service, which also calls in ...
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Maersk Line has cut voyage times on its AC3 service from West Coast South America to Europe during Chile’s peak fruit season.
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Forwarder Geodis has joined Maersk Line’s Carbon Pact Challenge. Under the agreement, CO2 emissions per container moved will reduce by 20% a year until 2020.
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