Maersk Line adds Hamburg port on Asia-Europe 8 Service

Maersk Line announced the addition of a Hamburg port call on its Asia-Europe 8 service (AE8).

The first vessel in the new rotation will be the Maersk Sarnia with an estimated departure time from Shanghai (China) on August 30, 2008 and an estimated arrival in Hamburg (Germany) on September 29, 2008.

At the same time, it will remove the Southampton call from the AE8 service. The last AE8 call there will be by Maersk Taikung with an estimated arrival time in Southampton on September 19, 2008.

Four direct services - AE1, AE2, AE9, and AE10 - will continue serving the Asia-United Kingdom trade with direct calls to Southampton and Felixstowe. In conjunction with Maersk? existing UK feeder and inland services, the company? coverage of the UK market remains extensive.

The new AE8 rotation is as follows: Shanghai (China), Ningbo (China), Kaohsiung (Taiwan), Yantian (China), Tanjung Pelepas, (Malaysia), and Hamburg (Germany).

Maersk Line said, ?e believe this will be a valuable addition to our direct services between Taiwan, East and South China and Hamburg.