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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.

Algeciras port cargo traffic declines 4.65% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Algeciras port handled 73.81 million tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2017, down 4.65% on...

France’s CMA CGM launches line linking Algeciras to South America

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – French shipping group CMA CGM has announced the launch of a regular line connecting the east coast of...

Gijón port’s container traffic hike stems from project cargo rise

Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – The increase in containerised traffic at Gijón port seems to be a consequence of the fact that the harbour...

Malta Freeport launches Malta-South America cargo service

Malta (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – Malta Freeport has launched a weekly service connecting Malta with ports in Argentina and Brazil. The service will...

Algeciras port to host Cool Logistics Global conference’s ninth edition

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Algeciras port plans to host on September 25, 26 and 27 the ninth conference Cool Logistics Global,...

Maersk Line updates Mediterranean services with more calls in Spain

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – In view of the continuous evolution of commercial conditions, Maersk Line announced that, starting in...

Vigo port president hails Maersk’s decision to rely on the harbour in links to Canada

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique Lopez Veiga, has praised the...

Maersk Line confirms launch of Med-Montreal service 

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Maersk Line has confirmed the launch of a new service that will link Mediterranean ports with Canada. The...

Maersk Line lifts tariffs of Mediterranean-Far East container service

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Danish company Maersk Line has announced an increase in tariffs for all types of goods in its services...

APM Terminals Tangier handles its biggest container ship ever

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – APM Terminals Tangier, the largest and most modern north African port facility, has celebrated its ten...

Vigo port cargo traffic declines in June

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – The stowage strike, the transfer of Maersk’s operations to Marín port and the complications encountered by...

A.P. Moller-Maersk reports recovery from cyber attack

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – A.P. Moller-Maersk has said that it expects to return to a close to normal environment by July 3. Progress...

Vigo port containerised cargo traffic declines in Q1 2017

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Almost a year after Danish shipping giant Maersk decided to relocate its container hub in Spain to Marin port from...

Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming, Maersk to update container services at Odessa port in May

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Odessa port is planning a significant expansion of its activities. The Odessa container terminal (OCT), which is...

Maersk receives largest container ship worldwide

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The record for the largest container ship in operation was again beaten, moving from Mitsui OSK...

Maersk welcomes dockworkers strike suspension

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Danish company Maersk Line has welcomed the suspension of the strikes of stevedores on March 6 and 8 and...

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