Maersk Line to call at Busan through Asia-Europe AE10 service

Maersk Line will add Busan, South Korea, to the schedule of the Asia-Europe (AE10 service). South Korea’s Busan Port is one of the world’s leading container hubs and expects rising volumes on the back of increasing trade from the region into North Europe and Russia.

The service is a unique product in the market with a direct call between Busan, Kwangyang (Korea) and Gdansk (Poland), opening the Eastern gateway with faster transit times and high reliability.

On the back of extensive network and dedicated rail connections to the hinterlands of Poland and Germany, customers stand to gain with efficient delivery options to key industrial hubs.

The new Triple-E vessels (Economy of scale, Energy efficiency and Environmentally improved) will also soon be phased in on the AE10 service. This offers not just space to meet customer demands, but also reduces CO2 emissions by more than 50% per container moved, compared to the industry average CO2 performance on the Asia-Europe trade.

The service promises improved transit times on the westbound rotation by 4-5 days. The first vessel calling KRBUSPN terminal (Westbound rotation) will be the Ebba Maersk; ETA Busan on April 29.  < Korea Shipping Gazette >