Maersk Samba's faster tempo, adds Antwerp

Europe

Thursday, March 08, 2012

After a two-month slowdown, ocean carrier Maersk Line has resumed a seven-week roundtrip voyage time on its Samba service between Europe and the East Coast of South America and added a new call at Antwerp to the rotation. American Shipper reported Jan 30 that the loop had slowed to eight weeks, with transit times northbound to Europe and the Mediterranean from East Coast of South America on the Samba increasing by about seven days, taking 23 days between Buenos Aires and Tilbury. ...

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