Far East – North Europe services continue to drop port calls
The 2M partners Maersk and MSC have decided to further reduce the number of port calls in their Asia – North Europe network from January.
Two of their six loops will only serve two selected ports in North Europe.
The eleven 14,000 – 23,800 teu ships of the ‘AE55 / Griffin’ service will as from January load in Shanghai, Ningbo, Tanjung Pelepas for Felixstowe and Le Havre only, while the eleven 13,100—23,800 teu ships of the ’AE1 / Shogun’ will load in Ningbo, Xiamen, Yantian and Tanjung Pelepas for Rotterdam and Bremerhaven only.
Source: Alphaliner