Danish box carrier Maersk will add a ninth vessel to the fleet of its weekly North Europe - East Coast of South America "Samba" service in November. The service's port rotation will also be increased by Tanger Med as a southbound call.
As a result, nine vessels of 10,500 TEU capacity will be deployed on the Samba service, which will have the following rotation: London-Gateway, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Tanger Med, Santos, Paranagua, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Paranagua, Santos, Tanger Med, London-Gateway.
It is important to note that French ocean carrier CMA CGM and Chinese box line COSCO Shipping Lines are co-loading on the "Samba" service using "Safran" and "ESE" brand names, respectively.
Source: container-news.com