Maersk Line cuts further capacity
SHIPPING: In view of declining demand on the Asia-Europe trade, Maersk Line is further reducing capacity by removing the AE5 service permanently and suspending the AE9 service until early December 2012.
Maersk Line will continue to provide customers with a broad and competitive range of services on this trade.
“We do not expect volume growth on the Asia-Europe trades this year so there is currently no need for the number of ships sailing”, says Vincent Clerc, Chief Trade & Marketing Officer for Maersk Line.
“We expect a 3% slump on the Asia-Europe container trades for 2012 and are taking steps to adjust to this without reducing our market position. Further to the 9% capacity reductions we made earlier this year, this brings the total capacity reduction in 2012 on Maersk Line’s Asia-Europe network to 21%”, says Vincent Clerc.
The Maersk Line AE5 service, which currently operates 8 vessels of 6500 TEU nominal capacity, will be closed with the last sailing departing Tanjung Pelepas on 8 November 2012.
The AE9 service’s 11 vessels with 8000 TEU nominal capacity will be suspended immediately until early December 2012.
The capacity reduction will not affect Maersk Line’s flagship product, Daily Maersk.
Where commercially appropriate, Maersk Line will consider additional opportunities to reduce capacity and look for slow-steaming opportunities.
Changes to service on the Asia-Europe trade:
AE20 Service Current port rotation: Xiamen, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Nansha, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Beirut, Malta, Valencia, Malaga, Algeciras, Malta, Port Said, Port Klang, Singapore
New port rotation: Xiamen, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Nansha, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang,
Jeddah, Port Said, Malta, Genoa, La Spezia, Algeciras, Malta, Port Said, Port Klang, Singapore
AE11 Service Current port rotation:
Qingdao, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Yantian,
Chiwan, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Malta, Valencia, Barcelona, Fos Sur Mer, Genoa, Malta, Port said, Khor Fakkan, Port Klang, Singapore
New port rotation: Qingdao, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Yantian, Chiwan, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Malta, Valencia, Barcelona, Fos Sur Mer, Malta, Port Said,
Salalah, Khor Fakkan, Port Klang, Singapore
AE12 Service Current port rotation: Shanghai, Busan, Chiwan, Hong Kong, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Said, Trieste, Koper, Rijeka, Trieste, Port Said, Jeddah, Port Klang, Singapore.
New port rotation: The new port rotation will be: Shanghai, Busan, Chiwan, Hong Kong, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Said, Beirut, Trieste, Koper, Rijeka, Trieste, Port Said, Jeddah, Port Klang, Singapore.
AE3 Service Current port rotation:
Dalian, Xingang, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Taipei, Chiwan, Yantian,
Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Izmit Korfezi, Ambarli, Constanta, Ilyichevsk, Odessa, Damietta, Port Said, Port Klang, Singapore.
New port rotation: Dalian, Xingang,
Kwangyang, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Chiwan, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Izmit Korfezi, Ambarli, Constanta, Odessa, Ilyichevsk,
Ambarli, Port Said, Port Klang, Singapore.
AE6 Service This service will continue to serve Algeciras as per the current service rotation.
AE10 Service This service will add Port Tangier, as replacement to the current AE9
In addition, there will be changes on the old AE3 service port rotation as per the below,
starting from below vessels:
Vessel Name: CC Racine 891W
Ex Tanjung Pelepas (Departure): 12 October 2012
Current port rotation:
Dalian, Xingang, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Taipei, Chiwan, Yantian,
Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Izmit Korfezi, Ambarli, Constanta,
Ilyichevsk, Odessa,
Damietta, Port Said, Port Klang, Singapore.
Changed port rotation: Dalian, Xingang, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Taipei,
Chiwan, Yantian,
Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Izmit Korfezi, Ambarli, Constanta, Odessa, Ilyichevsk, Port Said, Port
Klang, Singapore.
Changes: Swapping of the Ilyichevsk and Odessa ports and skipping Damietta
Vessel Name: Maersk Teno 1210
Ex Tanjung Pelepas (Departure): 2 November 2012
Current port rotation:
Dalian, Xingang, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Taipei, Chiwan, Yantian,
Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Izmit Korfezi, Ambarli, Constanta, Ilyichevsk, Odessa, Damietta, Port Said, Port Klang, Singapore.
Changed port rotation: Dalian, Xingang, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Taipei,
Chiwan, Yantian,
Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Izmit Korfezi, Ambarli, Constanta, Odessa, Ilyichevsk, Ambarli, Port Said, Port Klang, Singapore.
Changes: Addition of Ambarli port on the return leg
Source: Maersk Line
