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Maersk to switch an Asia-U.S. East Coast string from Panama to Suez canal

Europe

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Maersk Line will stop routing ships from East Asia to the U.S. East Coast ports of Savannah, Charleston and Miami through the Panama Canal in April, instead sending them through the Suez Canal. The company's current Asia-East Coast TP7 string, which today uses the Panama Canal, will be combined with a Suez-routed Asia-Europe string, AE9, which will also stop in Tangiers on inbound voyages from Asia, and in Valencia on outbound voyages back to Asia. William Woodhour, se...

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