ME1 Blank Sailing Announcement

29 June 2020

In connection with the upcoming summer slack season, Maersk has endeavoured to balance our network to match reduced demand. We aim to minimize the impact to our customers supply chain and provide predictability by securing alternative routings.

We will make 2 suspensions of the ME1 service in week 30 and 32 sailing from Europe. The service will run in standard rotation in between. To ensure our customers face as little business disruption, the port calls on the ME1 service will be covered on other services in our network.

The suspended ME1 vessels are

Week	Service	Vessel	Voyage	First Load Port / Date	Last Load Port / Date
Week 30	Service ME1	Vessel Monte Verde	Voyage 030E	First Load Port / Date Felixstowe / 07.25.2020	Last Load Port / Date Rotterdam / 08.03.2020
Week 32	Service ME1	Vessel Susan Maersk	Voyage 032E	First Load Port / Date Felixstowe / 08.08.2020	Last Load Port / Date Rotterdam / 08.17.2020

Alternative coverage for ME1 suspension

Felixstowe: Covered on AE1: Maersk Essen 030E and MSC Isabella 032E
Antwerp: Covered on AE7: Evelyn Maersk 030E and Elly Maersk 020E
Hamburg: Covered on AE7: Evelyn Maersk 030E and Elly Maersk 020E
Bremerhaven: Covered on AE1 and AE5: AE1 Maersk Essen 030E/Munkebo Maersk and MSC Isabella 032E/Manila Maersk
Wilhelmshaven: Transferred to next sailing
Rotterdam: Covered on AE1: Maersk Essen 030E and MSC Isabella 032E

There will be no or marginal impact on transit times for all destination ports currently served via ME1, except cargo to Jeddah which please take note of the revised transit times for week 30 and 32 departure only

Antwerp – Jeddah 18 days
Bremerhaven – Jeddah 17 days
Rotterdam – Jeddah 18 days
Felixstowe – Jeddah 24 days with alternative London Gateway AE7 or transferred to the next vessel

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.

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