Maersk dropping calls on ICON loop

   Maersk Line has tweaked the rotation of a service connecting Europe with the Indian Subcontinent, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data.
   The line’s ICON service, on which subsidiary line Safmarine takes slots, is dropping calls at Chennai and one of two calls at Colombo. A second Colombo call will remain as the only South Asia call.
   The revised rotation is Felixstowe, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Salalah, Colombo, Salalah, and Felixstowe. Maersk will also drop one vessel off the service, meaning it will be operated with six vessels with an average capacity of 4,228 TEUs.