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Maersk Line

Maersk Line or Maersk SeaLand is a Danish international container shipping company and the largest operating subsidiary of A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, a Danish business conglomerate.

A.P. Moller – Maersk first block train from Southern West Europe to Asia

Madrid, Spain – This new Maersk´s intermodal service has moved its first 37 x 40 containers in 32 days. The cargo was sent by truck from Cartagena,...

New levels of disruption affecting global trade

A few weeks into a very substantial port congestion in Yantian caused by a Covid-19 outbreak, supply chain disruptions continue to be very present in global...

Closing of the Maersk service to port of Chornomorsk, Ukraine

News – Maersk Line – June 2021 Herewith we inform you about coming changes in our Ocean services to Ukraine. Maersk Line will stop calls to port of...

TradeLens available in China through collaboration with China Unicom Digital Tech

China Unicom Digital Tech, the subsidiary of China Unicom, the global leading telecommunication service provider, announced their partnership with TradeLens...

Lifting the curtain on the reverberations of the Suez blockage – Maersk

On Tuesday March 23, a 400-meter-long container vessel ran aground and became lodged sideways across the waterway in the Suez Canal. Almost a week in and with...

Continued growth, high profit and additional share buy backs from A.P. Moller – Maersk in Q1 2021

A.P. Moller – Maersk had an exceptionally strong start to the year, with strong earnings and growth momentum across all our businesses in ocean, port...

VSC partners with the new Maersk transcontinental service from Asia to the ports of the Black Sea

Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC), part of Global Ports Group, has started to serve the new transcontinental service Maersk AE77. Containers will be...

First ship bound for Spain to be delayed in the Suez Canal arrives at the Port of Algeciras

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2021 – APM Terminals has received the Mary Maersk vessel, which was scheduled to arrive on March 31 but was...

Port of Tenerife moves 12,000 TEUs in international transshipment in the first quarter of the year

The port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife registered from January to March of this year a movement of 12,000 TEUs in international transshipment traffic, which means...

Container ships operators’ ranking as of March 2021

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) March 22 – Danish A.P. Moller-Maersk Group is the largest container ship operator in the world, according to Statista, a...

The First Direct Blocktrain arrives from China to Georgia

On 20 February 2021, the first direct blocktrain will arrive at Tbilisi Station, arriving direct from Xi’an in China. The train, which was arranged by Maersk...

Container ships operators’ ranking as of February 2021

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 22 – APM-Maersk, member of A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, is the world’s biggest container ship operator as of...

Who will be the new CEO of Suez Canal Container Terminal?

The Hague, Netherlands (PortSEurope) February 14, 2020 – Lars Vang Christensen was appointed as the new managing director of APM Terminals facility in...

After strong 2020 Maersk expects even better 2021

Copenhagen, Denmark (PortSEurope) February 10, 2021 – An increased demand for goods and equipment from consumers, who are in prolonged lockdowns in most...

Maersk expands cold chain options for fresh fruit from the Black Sea and the Mediterranean to Central Russia

Copenhagen, Denmark – January 27, 2021 On the 21st of December 2020, the first refrigerated containers heading from Mersin, Turkey, were dispatched from...

A.P. Moller-Maersk increases sustainable rail transport alternatives

Maersk has extended its sustainability support of German rail customers with a new CapO2 free intermodal transports solution, which is now available on 85% of...

Maersk doubles capacity on weekly ocean-rail service from Asia to Europe

Plans underway to scale up the service to daily services if customers’ demand continues on the current track – November 17, 2020 Copenhagen, 12...

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