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New direct services for New Zealand

Maersk Line introduces new direct services from North Asia and to West Coast of South America

We are pleased to confirm that starting from July, Maersk Line will be introducing changes to our Oceania shipping network with direct North Asia port coverage on the ‘Triple Star’ service and the launch of a new direct service, the ‘South Pacific Express’, connecting New Zealand to key markets on the West Coast of South America.

Maersk Line are able to bring these upgraded products to New Zealand as we become the first container line to successfully tie NZ to our global mainline networks.

This new service set-up is not based on a traditional closed-loop configuration, which gives us the unique advantage of running import and export calls independently of each other and thereby facilitating a better balance between capacity supply and customer demand.

There will be no changes to the current Northern Star and Southern Star services.

Following is an outline of the new service features:

Triple Star

  • The enhanced Triple Star service will turn the current bi-weekly product into a regular, weekly frequency, while changing away from the present focus on South East Asia to offering fast, direct connections from seven direct port calls across the North Asian region.
  • With ‘best-in-class’ transit times from Southern China, and a competitive product from Korea, Japan, Eastern China and Taiwan, this superior service has been tailor-made to offer Kiwi importers fast and reliable connections in this important trade lane.
  • The first North Asia-direct import sailing will depart Shanghai on 3 July 2016, with the ‘ALM Dallas’ voyage 1619.
  • Northbound export sailings under the new Triple Star are not planned until later in the year. Service details will be announced as soon as they are finalised.

South Pacific Express

  • The South Pacific Express service is designed to provide our customers a significantly improved product, including market-leading transit times and nonstop access to a range of strategic ports and logistical entry points in Chile, Peru, Panama, Colombia and Mexico.
  • The first South America-direct export sailing will depart Tauranga on 24 July 2016, with the ‘ALM Dallas’ voyage 1619.

We will be contacting our customers to discuss these new service options, and how we can best meet your individual shipping requirements.

 

 

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