MAERSK U.K. SELECTS MCP FOR STATISTICS REPORTS

   Maersk Line (UK), the British arm the Danish shipping line, has selected Maritime Cargo Processing to submit traffic statistics on its activities to the British government.
    The move by the Danish carrier is designed to comply with the European Union maritime statistics directive, which takes effect on Jan. 1. Under the directive, shipping lines or their agents must submit statistical returns to national authorities in the EU, including the British Department of Transport, Environment and the Regions.    
    Maritime Cargo Processing, provider of the FCPS port community electronic data interchange system for containerized maritime traffic, already had an electronic interface with Maersk for import, export and transhipment traffic in the U.K. The required information will be collected by FCPS automatically as a by-product of the current link and forwarded electronically and in the format required by the British agency responsible for collecting the statistics.