Maersk Line restructures the net of Asia-Mediterranean services



The company of Danish navigation Maersk Line has announced a restructure of own net of services between Asia and the Mediterranean. The objective is to increase the cover of the connections with Korea, Vietnam, Beirut and to realize until five departures weeklies magazine from Shanghai and Tanjung Pelepas for the Mediterranean. Moreover the new services will carry out two ports of call weeklies magazine to the ports of Tanger Med, Valencia, Barcelona, Genoa and Fos.

The company has specified that the current Asia-Europe line 12 (AE12), that it offers the best transit Time for Italy, and the Asia-Europe line 3 (AE3), that it covers Turkey and the Black Sea, will continue to serve the Mediterranean as usual.

The Asia-Europe service 11 (AE11) will have the following new spin: Qingdao, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Hong Kong, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Port Saïd, Barcelona, Genoa, Fos, Port Saïd, Salalah, Singapore, Qingdao. The relation westbound of the new AE11 will be inaugurated with the departure of the Maersk Stepnica in program from Qingdao next 21 April, while the relation eastbound will be established on 22 May next by Barcelona.

The new spin of Asia-Europe 5 (AE5) will touch the ports of Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Gedda, Port Saïd, Singapore, Shanghai. The first departure westbound of the new 27 AE5 will happen next April from Shanghai with the ship Qingdao Tower, while that of the relation eastbound will happen from Port Saïd next 20 May.

The new spin of Asia-Europe 15 (AE15), that it is operated by French CMA-CGM, will carry out ports of call to Kwangyang, Busan, Shanghai, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Nansha, Chiwan, Cai Mep, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Port Saïd, Beirut, Malta, Valencia, Barcelona, Fos, Genoa, Malta, Port Saïd, Khor to the Fakkan, Port Klang, Chiwan, Kwangyang. The first departure westbound of the new 28 AE15 will happen next March from Kwangyang with CMA CGM Cendrillon, while the first departure eastbound is in program on 28 April from Valencia.

Moreover the Asia services - North Europe will cover also the ports of the western Mediterranean.

The new spin of Asia-Europe 2 (AE2) will be the following one: Singapore, Busan, Hakata, Dalian, Xingang, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Valencia, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Amburgo, Antwerp, Felixstowe. The first departure westbound of the AE2 will happen with the ship Maersk Enfield from Shanghai next 20 May, while the first departure eastbound will happen on 23 June from Antwerp.

Asia-Europe 6 (AE6) will have the following new spin: Tanjung Pelepas, Saigon, Nansha, Yantian, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Ningbo, Shanghai, Nansha, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Tanger Med, Bremerhaven, Felixstowe, Tanger Med, Tanjung Pelepas. The start westbound of the new spin will happen on 28 April from Ningbo with Mette Maersk, while that eastbound is in program on 28 May from Bremerhaven.

The new spin of Asia-Europe 7 (AE7) will climb By Chan Bay, Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Tanger Med, Felixstowe, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Tanger Med, Gedda, Jebel Ali, By Chan Bay. The start westbound will be from on 16 April next Ningbo with Clifford Maersk, that eastbound from Bremerhaven on 18 May.

Asia-Europe 9 (AE9) will have a new spin with ports of call to Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Algeciras, Bremerhaven, Felixstowe, Zeebrugge, Malaga, Ningbo and with 5 start westbound next May from Tanjung Pelepas with the Hanjin Yantian and eastbound from Zeebrugge on 28 May.

At last the new spin of Asia-Europe 10 (AE10) will touch Yantian, Hong Kong, Kwangyang, Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Danzica, Aarhus, Goteborg, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Algeciras, Yantian. The first departure westbound is in on 7 April next program from Ningbo with the ship Maersk Elba, while that eastbound will happen on 13 May from Danzica.