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Maersk Line will reduce of 9% the ability offered on the Asia-Europa/Med route
the Danish company confirmation that will not exercise the option for last the ten portacontainer of the Triple series
February 17, 2012
Maersk Line has announced that it will put into effect a reduction pairs to 9% of the offered total ability from own marine services that connect Asia with Europe and the Mediterranean, route on which - it has explained the company of Danish navigation - the sovracapacità of hold has determined a bending of the hires to indefensible levels. "With this modification - the managing director of Maersk Line has explained, Søren Skou - we will be able to reduce our Asia-Europe ability and to improve I use it of the ships without to lose some of the market shares that we have over the last couple of years acquired".
Moreover Maersk Line has confirmed that, in consideration of the excess of ability in the field of the portacontainer, it will not exercise the option for the construction of last the ten ships of the Triple series of the unitary ability to 18.000 teu ( on 21 February and 27 june 2011).
To allow the reduction of 9% on the Asia-Europa/Med route it will contribute a vessel sharing agreement tightened from Maersk Line with the French CMA CGM who will afford to the Danish company to reduce the costs for the cover of the market of the western Mediterranean.
As a result of the agreement the Danish company and that French will melt respective services AE11 and MEX in new line AE11/MEX (that it will offer to an ability weekly magazine of 12.500 teu) and respective services AE20 and FAL9 in new line AE20/MEX3 (ability weekly magazine 9,500 teu).
The spin of new service AE11/MEX, that the first week of April from Qingdao will be started, will touch the ports of Qingdao, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Chiwan, Nansha, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Kelang, Malta, Valencia, Barcelona, Fos, Genoa, Malta, Khor Fakkan, Singapore.
New service AE20/MEX3, that the last week of the next month with departure from Xiamen will be inaugurated, will scale the ports of Xiamen, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Nansha, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Kelang, Beirut, Malta, Valencia, Malaga, Tanger Med, Port Saïd, Port Kelang, Singapore.
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Maersk Line has announced that it will put into effect a reduction pairs to 9% of the offered total ability from own marine services that connect Asia with Europe and the Mediterranean, route on which - it has explained the company of Danish navigation - the sovracapacità of hold has determined a bending of the hires to indefensible levels. "With this modification - the managing director of Maersk Line has explained, Søren Skou - we will be able to reduce our Asia-Europe ability and to improve I use it of the ships without to lose some of the market shares that we have over the last couple of years acquired".
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