Maersk Sealand of Container Vessel Namegiving Ceremony

Maersk Sealand had a Namegiving Ceremony of 4,300 TEU container vessel
at Hyundai Heavy Industry in Ulsan on Mar. 17th, 2000. The hull 1202
was named ‘Grassmere Maersk’ by Mrs. Vibeke Skov Christensen, wife o
f Mr. Hans Skov Christensen, Director General, CEO of The Confederatio
n of Danish Industries. This ship will be run by Captain Glenn Wostenh
olme and Chief Engineer Allstair Stewart.
Mr. Flemming Ipsen, CEO in Asia A.P.Moller and wife Lotte Ipsen attend
ed from the Asia A.P.Moller in Singapore. A selected Group of dignitar
ies including the Assistant Minister of MOMAF, EU Ambassador in Korea
attended along with many of the company,s good business relations in K
orea and abroad. The vessel will be deployed in one of the Lines’s Fa
r East/Europe strings.


P&O Nedlloyd to Launch New Korea/China to Caribbean Service

P&O Nedlloyd has agreed to join China Shipping Container Lines(CSCL) a
nd CMA-CGM in a new weekly joint Far East to Caribbean and US East Coa
st Service.
This new service, branded CRX(Caribbean Express), will further strengt
hen P&O Nedlloyd’s position in the Far East to Caribbean trade lane.
It will provide a direct service in place of the current transhipement
operation. P&O Nedlloyd’s participation in this service with three v
essels, will be organised in collaboration with its Grand Alliance par
tners.
The service will deploy nine vessels of around 2,500 teus on a 63day r
ound voyage, calling at the following ports:
Pusan-Qingdao-Shanghai-Yantian-HongKong-Atlantic Panama port-Kingston-
NewYork-Norfolk-Savannah-Kingston-Atlantic Panama port-Pusan. The firs
t sailing will commence from the Far East on 6 April 2000.
APL Adds Hand-Held Wireless to Suite of Customer-Support Channels

APL, the global container transportation and logistics company that in
troduced Web-based container tracking via personal computer in 1996, i
s adding hand-held wireless communications technology to the options a
vailable to its customers for accessing critical information about the
ir global shipments.
Using the new wireless option, these customers will now be able to che
ck on critical deliveries while away from the office-whether attending
an off-site meeting, inventorying a warehouse, or dining at a restaur
ant. The shipment data they need for effective decision - making will
appear on the screens of their Web-enabled mobile telephones.
APL believes wireless technology will play an increasingly important r
ole in facilitating global commerce, initially in Europe and eventuall
y in Asia and the Americas.
The Americas will not be far behind, noting that some APL customers in
the United States are already accessing APL’s container-tracing feat
ure, known as “Quick Trace,” using the Palm VII wireless personal di
gital assistant (PDA).



Contship Printing the Site Address on Their Hull

The company that brought the world its first pink container ship has n
ow become the first container shipping line to paint its website addre
ss on the hulls of its 17-strong fleet.
Contship Containerlines launched its information-driven Internet site
in 1999. As marketing manager, Mario Walther says: “We are now using
the biggest mobile advertising hoarding that is available to us as a m
eans of advertising our presence on the web.”
To date, two ships have had the line’s URL - www.contship.com
painted on their hull, although all 17 will be painted in due course.