News / Maersk and Hamburg Süd revamp Asia-west coast South America service network

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Maersk Line and its newly acquired Hamburg Süd subsidiary will launch a new Asia-South America west coast (WCSA) service network in April.

But the two lines’ combined reefer capacity on the trade – in terms of the number of slots on vessels able to carry reefer containers – will be reduced to meet the conditions imposed on the acquisition.

Hamburg Süd’s current Asia-WCSA vessel-sharing agreement (VSA) with MSC, CMA CGM, Cosco, Hapag-Lloyd and HMM, which operates three weekly loops, will be terminated at the end of March, as required by Chinese ...