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Maersk will be servicing the direct South Vietnam call with its largest vessels to date. (Photo: Milind Balaji, Maersk)
Maersk adds direct South Vietnam call
DENMARK
Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 15:20 (GMT + 9)
Maersk Line will adjust its Trans-Pacific 6 service (TP6) to add a direct, all water call from South Vietnam to the US West Coast.
With the direct TP6 call, Maersk Line becomes the first carrier to introduce the "Post-Panamax" class (9000 TEU vessels) to Vietnam.
The first sailing will be on the Mathilde Maersk on Wednesday, 12 May 2010.
The new service will call at the SP-PSA International Terminal in Vung Tau, Vietnam, a deepwater facility that accommodates larger vessels located 80 km south of Ho Chi Minh City near the mouth of the Cai Mep-Thi Vai River. This direct service will have a Sunday arrival into the APM Terminals facility, Los Angeles, California delivering the cargo in just 18 days. Cargo availability will be on Tuesday.
The westbound port rotations will remain unchanged; exports will depart Los Angeles on Thursdays.
"Our customers have requested this direct call and the time is right to include a direct service from Vietnam in our network," said Bill Woodhour, North America Sales Manager for Maersk Line. "This call will complement our other Trans-pacific products, giving our customers comprehensive coverage with unmatched service reliability."
The General Director of Maersk Line in Vietnam, Peter Smidt-Nielsen, commented: "It gives us great pleasure to be able to meet our customers' demand for a direct call to the US West Coast. We have worked hard to meet this demand and make it feasible to call Vung Tau with the largest vessels ever to call a Vietnamese port, and are thrilled to introduce such a competitive and reliable product to this exciting and growing market."
Maersk Line's TP6 service, which will slow steam beginning with the same sailing, will continue to offer a competitive product covering the Far East and US West Coast.
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