Blanking Advisory for North Europe – Far East Asia Eastbound Services

We would like to inform you about the blanked sailing programme on the North Europe export services. The blank-ings are occuring in connection with the blanked Westbound sailings due to Chinese New Year seasonal demand reductions.

We aim to minimize the impact to our customers supply chain and provide predictability by making a structural change and securing alternative routings.

Overview of blanked sailings

The following sailings will be blanked:

In order to minimize the impact on your business we have arranged for alternative coverage solutions within our network

AE6

Alternative coverage for the AE6 blankings:

• Antwerp: Covered on AE2 service
• Le Havre: Covered on AE7 service
• Felixstowe: Covered on AE1 and AE2 service

AE2

Alternative coverage for AE2 blankings:

• Felixstowe: Covered on AE6 and AE1 service
• Antwerp: Covered on AE6 service
• Rotterdam: Covered on AE10 service
• Algeciras: Covered through inducement on AE5

AE7

Alternative coverage for AE7 (Far East destinations):

• Hamburg: Shuttle via Rotterdam
• Antwerp: Covered on AE6
• London Gateway: Covered via GBFXS on AE2/AE1/AE6
• Le Havre: Covered on AE6
• Port Tangiers: Covered by AE5 and AE6

Other changes

In order to minimise the impact on products, the coverage of WestMed will be adjusted in the weeks of AE2 blanking:

• AE5 Moscow Maersk 010E will omit MAPTM and call ESALR instead
• AE5 Merete Maersk 012E will omit MAPTM and call ESALR instead
• AE5 Madrid Maersk 013E will omit MAPTM and call ESALR instead
• AE6 Maersk Essex 012E will induce MAPTM after GBFXS
• AE6 Maersk Emerald 013E will induce MAPTM after GBFXS

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. We look forward to continuing working with you in the future. In case of any questions, please contact your local customer service or sales representatives.