Maersk fetes new ship

Maersk fetes new ship

JAKARTA (JP): Container transport service Maersk Sealand
celebrated a new weekly service for Asia on Friday with the
arrival of 1,382 twenty-foot equivalent unit freighter Bernhard
Schulle at the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT).

The freighter will join three other existing vessels in
operating the weekly service between the terminal, Tanjung
Pelapas (Malaysia), Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka,
Shanghai, and Ningbo, before returning to Jakarta, JICT said in a
statement.

According to the statement, Anil Wats, the Maersk senior
owners representative in Indonesia, said the service demonstrates
its commitment to the trade and confidence in JICT.

Success in attracting new services from leading shipping lines
and a strong trade growth resulted in a new monthly record for
container throughput at JICT. In July, the terminal handled
143,685 twenty-foot equivalent units of containers. (10)