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Maersk unveils first Golden Week blank sailings

Maersk has announced its first blank sailings during the Chinese Golden Week period in October. The Danish carrier aims to manage the reduced demand for the next several weeks with the following void sailings:

2020 West Bound Golden Week Blanking Programme

Week Service Vessel Voyage First Load Port / ETD Last Load Port / ETD
41
AE5
Murcia Maersk
041W
Dalian / 5 October 2020
Tanjung Pelepas / 24 October 2020
40
AE55
041W
Shanghai / 5 October 2020
Tanjung Pelepas / 17 October 2020
41
AE55
042W
Shanghai / 12 Octiber 2020
Tanjung Pelepas / 24 October 2020
42
AE55
043W
Shanghai / 19 October 2020
Tanjung Pelepas / 31 October 2020

Alternative Coverage (West Bound)

  • Rotterdam: Covered on AE1 service
  • Bremerhaven: Covered on AE10 service
  • Scandinavia: Coverage to be communicated separately

AE2 and AE20 services on the Asia-Europe network will remain suspended until further notice.

Impacted Trade: Far East Asia to/from Indian Subcontinent

Service Vessel Voyage (Westbound) First Port / ETD Voyage (Eastbound) First Port / ETD
FI2
BERNADETTE
019W
Shanghai / 6 October 2020
019E
Jawaharlal Nehru / 27 October 2020
Service Vessel Voyage (Westbound) First Port / ETD Voyage (Eastbound) First Port / ETD
FI3
MEA DUMMY 16
041W
Dalian / 9 October 2020
045E
Jawaharlal Nehru / 8 November 2020

Apart from the upcoming Golden Week, the Covid-19 crisis continues to challenge the container market and forces the lines to cancel several scheduled sailings.

The Danish carrier has announced the following blank sailings due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic:

Impacted Trade: Far East Asia to/from Indian Subcontinent

Service Vessel Voyage (Westbound) First Port / ETD Voyage (Eastbound) First Port / ETD
FI3
AS1 DUMMY VSL
037W
Dalian / 11 September 2020
041E
Jawaharlal Nehru / 11 October 2020
CHX
MEA DUMMY 22
036W
Laem Chabang / 13 September 2020
039E
Ennore / 21 September 2020
CHX
MEA DUMMY 17
038W
Laem Chabang / 27 September 2020
041E
Ennore / 5 October 2020

Moreover, Maersk has announced a short-term disruption during the round-trip voyage 204A/205B of Maersk Luz, because the vessel has dry docking plans in the period between Mid- September and Mid-November.

This means there will be a blank sailing in North Europe on the 11 September from London Gateway and on 14 October in South Africa.

Maersk has offered customers the possibility of re-booking cargo on alternative services connecting to the following sailing (Santa Ursula v.204A/205B).

Impacted Trade: Europe to/from South Africa.

Service Vessel Voyage (South bound) First Port / ETD Voyage (North bound) First Port / ETD
SAECS
MAERSK LUZ
204A
London Gateway / 11 September 2020
205B
Durban / 14 October 2020

The container ship Maersk Luz will be back on schedule in its next roundtrip starting in London Gateway on 13 November 2020.





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