AE8 to be discontinued next year, but Danish carrier is finalising replacement products
Maersk Line is assuring customers that its daily service from Asia to Europe will not be harmed by the imminent departure of CMA CGM from one of the loops that forms part of the offering.
The Danish line confirmed to IFW‘s sister publication, Lloyd’s List, that its AE8 service, operated in co-operation with CMA CGM’s FAL 5 loop, will be discontinued next year.
The two lines each contribute five vessels of around 13,000teu to the service.
Following the vessel sharing and slot-charter agreement between CMA CGM and MSC last week, the French and Danish carriers will end their Asia-North Europe service. However, they are expected to continue to co-operate on the Asia-Mediterranean trades.
Maersk Line’s head of Europe services, Vincent Clerc, said the line was finalising its replacement products and would provide details soon.
“Our Daily Maersk promise is the cornerstone of our product offering and has in a very short period become extremely popular with the customers. Therefore, it will of course remain unchanged and our customers will continue to enjoy the absolute reliability of our network,” he said.
“Other port pairs currently covered by AE8/FAL5 will be covered through new, improved services and we are quite excited to roll this out to the market soon.
Source: IFW
