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Port of Liverpool
The UK port of Liverpool has secured a transatlantic service to the US east coast after the 2M partner of Maersk Line and MSC decided to make the temporary TA4 call permanent.
The service’s UK call had previously been Felixstowe, but the 2M partners switched it to Liverpool in July following the sustained congestion the east coast port suffered during the summer.
Asbjorn Kops, trade and marketing director of Maersk, explained: “Switching our transatlantic service temporarily to Liverpool allowed us to maintain ...
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