Clarification: Maersk to link India/Mideast, South America
An item Wednesday regarding a new service from Maersk Line linking India and the Middle East with South America failed to explain that the service is merely an extension of an existing Maersk service between the Mediterranean and the East Coast of South America.
The carrier’s L-Class service has a rotation of Tangiers, Algeciras, Santos, Itajai, Paranagua, Montevideo, Rio Grande, Santos and Tangiers. The extension of the service, which Maersk is renaming Rumba, will see it extend to ports in India, the Persian Gulf and Red Sea. It will also expand Mediterranean coverage with calls in Barcelona, Valencia and Genoa.
Maersk subsidiary Safmarine partners on the service.
“This service will be of great benefit to our Middle East and Latin America customers, especially those shipping refrigerated commodities, as it offers one of the fastest transit times in the market,' said Jan Scheck, Safmarine's chief operating officer. 'Our transit time from Santos to Jeddah is now 18 days and from Santos to Jebel Ali in 24 days. This service will also provide our European customers with additional service opportunities between Europe, Middle East/ISC, for example, direct port coverage is offered via the port of Genoa (Italy) and Barcelona (Spain) out of the Indian Subcontinent (ISC) and Middle East. Our Spanish customers of refrigerated cargo (e.g. citrus and stone fruit) will also benefit from the short transit time from Spain to the Middle East with the direct call in Valencia.'
Clarification: Maersk to link India/Mideast, South America
