Maersk Line extends Asia _ Europe AE10 service directly to Gdansk, Poland

Maersk Line announced that it has extended its Asia - Europe AE10 service into the Port of Gdansk, Poland, creating the first direct connection between China/Southeast Asia and Poland.

This change is part of Maersk off-peak capacity and slow steaming initiatives being implemented in its Asia - Europe network.

AE10 will offer coverage between Asian ports and Poland, to the rest of Central and Eastern Europe, including improved feeder connections to the Baltic and Russia.

As part of the change, Dunkerque is being removed from the AE10 service, but the total capacity in the Asia - Europe trade will remain unchanged.

The first sailing will be the Maersk Taikung departing from Shanghai on December 1, 2009 with an estimated time of arrival (ETA) in Gdansk of January 5, 2010.

The AE10 (East and South China, South East Asia to Northern Europe, Poland, and Scandinavia) rotation
is as follows:

Ningbo (China), Shanghai (China), Kaohsiung (Taiwan), Yantian (China), Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia), Le Havre (France), Felixstowe (Great Britain), Zeebrugge (Belgium), Gdansk (Poland), Gothenburg (Sweden), Aarhus (Denmark), Bremerhaven (Germany), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Singapore (Singapore), Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Kobe (Japan), Nagoya (Japan), Shimizu (Japan), and Yokohama (Japan).

- First westbound sailing: Maersk Taikung from Shanghai on December 1, 2009.
- First eastbound sailing: Maersk Taikung from Gdansk on January 6, 2010.<Korea Shipping Gazette>