By Karen Robes Meeks
CMA CGM, the world’s third largest shipping carrier, has recently launched a new weekly service along the western coast of the US, Central and South Americas.
The AZTECA service, which began May 24 in partnership with the German shipping company Hamburg Sud, will travel to US ports in Long Beach and Oakland; Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico; Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala; Acajutla, El Salvador; Corinto, Nicaragua; Buenaventura, Columbia, and Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica.
The service allows CMA CGM to link Central and South America’s agricultural food industry and empowers growers to ship perishables such as bananas and avocados to North America.
Existing connections from regional hubs allow Central America exporters to benefit from competitive transit times with Asia, according to CMA CGM, which sees the service as a way to strengthen its network on the Pacific Coast of the Americas.
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Maersk Line to Acquire Hamburg Sud
By Mark Edward Nero
Danish shipping company Maersk Line says it has reached an agreement to acquire German container shipping line Hamburg Süd.
“Giving up our engagement in shipping after an 80 year-long ownership in Hamburg Süd was not an easy decision for my family,” said Dr. August Oetker, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the management holding company of the Oetker Group. “We are very confident, though, to have chosen the best of all possible partners.”
“Maersk will preserve and grow Hamburg Süd and what the brand and the whole organization and a highly dedicated workforce stand for: reliable and high quality logistical services to our customers,” Oetker said.
Hamburg Süd is the world’s seventh largest container shipping line and a leader in the North-South trades. The company operates 130 container vessels with a container capacity of 625,000 TEUs. It has 5,960 employees in more than 250 offices across the world.
“Today is a new milestone in Maersk Line’s history,” Maersk Line and Maersk Group CEO Søren Skou said. “I am very pleased that we have reached an agreement with the Oetker Group to acquire Hamburg Süd. Hamburg Süd is a very well-run and highly respected company with strong brands, dedicated employees and loyal customers. Hamburg Süd complements Maersk Line, and together we can offer our customers the best of two worlds.”
In a prepared statement, Dr. Ottmar Gast, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Hamburg Süd Group said his company was proud to join Maersk Line.
“While gaining access to a superior network and systems we will continue the Hamburg Süd brand and business model offering personalized solutions to our shippers and consignees,” he said. “By joining forces both Maersk and Hamburg Süd will strengthen their product portfolio and cost position to the benefit of their customers.”
Danish shipping company Maersk Line says it has reached an agreement to acquire German container shipping line Hamburg Süd.
“Giving up our engagement in shipping after an 80 year-long ownership in Hamburg Süd was not an easy decision for my family,” said Dr. August Oetker, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the management holding company of the Oetker Group. “We are very confident, though, to have chosen the best of all possible partners.”
“Maersk will preserve and grow Hamburg Süd and what the brand and the whole organization and a highly dedicated workforce stand for: reliable and high quality logistical services to our customers,” Oetker said.
Hamburg Süd is the world’s seventh largest container shipping line and a leader in the North-South trades. The company operates 130 container vessels with a container capacity of 625,000 TEUs. It has 5,960 employees in more than 250 offices across the world.
“Today is a new milestone in Maersk Line’s history,” Maersk Line and Maersk Group CEO Søren Skou said. “I am very pleased that we have reached an agreement with the Oetker Group to acquire Hamburg Süd. Hamburg Süd is a very well-run and highly respected company with strong brands, dedicated employees and loyal customers. Hamburg Süd complements Maersk Line, and together we can offer our customers the best of two worlds.”
In a prepared statement, Dr. Ottmar Gast, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Hamburg Süd Group said his company was proud to join Maersk Line.
“While gaining access to a superior network and systems we will continue the Hamburg Süd brand and business model offering personalized solutions to our shippers and consignees,” he said. “By joining forces both Maersk and Hamburg Süd will strengthen their product portfolio and cost position to the benefit of their customers.”
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Seaman Killed at LA Port
By Mark Edward Nero
A crew member of a container ship was found dead onboard a ship at the Port of Los Angeles, with the cause eventually being determined as blunt force trauma to the head after a cable broke on a ship while containers were being moved.
The body of the unidentified 39-year-old Filipino man, who was employed by German company Hamburg Süd, was found at 10:45 pm June 18. The estimated time of death was between 10:15 and 10:30 pm, according to port police.
The man was working on the Cap Posada cargo vessel, which originated in Vancouver, Canada and arrived at Berth 36 at the port’s TraPac terminal the afternoon of June 17.
The vessel departed for New Zealand on June 19 after a 10-hour delay as authorities investigated the matter. The accident was the second serious incident within just a few days at the port. On June 16, a worker fell about 25 feet into the cargo hold of a ship docked at the port’s Berth 209, and suffered back and leg injuries.
The unidentified crew member, in his late 50s, fell into a small area two levels below deck of the 623-foot bulk cargo vessel Navios Vector, a Panama-flagged vessel, according to the Los Angeles Fire Dept.
According to LAFD spokesman Brian Humphrey, the crew member injured on June 16 was rescued after about two hours, then taken to a local hospital for treatment of leg and back injuries.
A crew member of a container ship was found dead onboard a ship at the Port of Los Angeles, with the cause eventually being determined as blunt force trauma to the head after a cable broke on a ship while containers were being moved.
The body of the unidentified 39-year-old Filipino man, who was employed by German company Hamburg Süd, was found at 10:45 pm June 18. The estimated time of death was between 10:15 and 10:30 pm, according to port police.
The man was working on the Cap Posada cargo vessel, which originated in Vancouver, Canada and arrived at Berth 36 at the port’s TraPac terminal the afternoon of June 17.
The vessel departed for New Zealand on June 19 after a 10-hour delay as authorities investigated the matter. The accident was the second serious incident within just a few days at the port. On June 16, a worker fell about 25 feet into the cargo hold of a ship docked at the port’s Berth 209, and suffered back and leg injuries.
The unidentified crew member, in his late 50s, fell into a small area two levels below deck of the 623-foot bulk cargo vessel Navios Vector, a Panama-flagged vessel, according to the Los Angeles Fire Dept.
According to LAFD spokesman Brian Humphrey, the crew member injured on June 16 was rescued after about two hours, then taken to a local hospital for treatment of leg and back injuries.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Hamburg Süd Begins Calling at Portland
The containership Port of Portland, Hamburg Sud on March 7 became the first vessel to call at the Port of Portland as part of a new weekly expanded service to the Mediterranean by German carrier Hamburg Süd.
“This is a big deal – especially for exporters in Oregon and throughout our region,” John Akre, the port’s terminal manager said. “This first ship represents a more frequent weekly service that will connect the Pacific Northwest and the Mediterranean with direct access to new ports in overseas markets.”
To mark the occasion, port officials boarded the vessel to meet the captain and crew, and presented a commemorative plaque.
The port says the addition of Hamburg Süd ships adds capacity while reaching new ports overseas through direct and feeder connections including the Far East, Middle East, Indian Ocean, Latin America and West Africa.
By bringing more ships to Portland and improving the regularity of the calls, the service should provide a more efficient, dependable and competitive option for shippers utilizing Portland, the port says.
Hamburg Süd’s port rotation for the newly configured North America West Coast service is: Cartagena; Manzanillo, Mexico; Los Angeles; Oakland; Seattle; Vancouver USA; Portland; Oakland; Los Angeles; Manzanillo, Mexico; Manzanillo, Panama; Cartagena; Caucedo; Tangier; Valencia; Cagliari; Livorno; Genoa; Marseilles-Fos; Barcelona; Valencia; Tangier; and back to Cartagena.
“This is a big deal – especially for exporters in Oregon and throughout our region,” John Akre, the port’s terminal manager said. “This first ship represents a more frequent weekly service that will connect the Pacific Northwest and the Mediterranean with direct access to new ports in overseas markets.”
To mark the occasion, port officials boarded the vessel to meet the captain and crew, and presented a commemorative plaque.
The port says the addition of Hamburg Süd ships adds capacity while reaching new ports overseas through direct and feeder connections including the Far East, Middle East, Indian Ocean, Latin America and West Africa.
By bringing more ships to Portland and improving the regularity of the calls, the service should provide a more efficient, dependable and competitive option for shippers utilizing Portland, the port says.
Hamburg Süd’s port rotation for the newly configured North America West Coast service is: Cartagena; Manzanillo, Mexico; Los Angeles; Oakland; Seattle; Vancouver USA; Portland; Oakland; Los Angeles; Manzanillo, Mexico; Manzanillo, Panama; Cartagena; Caucedo; Tangier; Valencia; Cagliari; Livorno; Genoa; Marseilles-Fos; Barcelona; Valencia; Tangier; and back to Cartagena.
