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Maersk, a Danish shipping firm, has increased its focus on the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East in response to the Red Sea and Suez Canal challenges. It will start a new Arabian Sea route and a weekly service to Chennai.
It will launch a brand-new container service between the Middle East and Sri Lanka and begin a new weekly service to Chennai on February 5. The rotation will be Salalah, Oman - Colombo, Sri Lanka - Ennore, India - Colombo, Sri Lanka - Salalah, Oman.
Maersk will have links at Colombo to the Far East with its AE55 service and Europe with its AE7 service. According to Maersk, both routes feature terminals in the West Mediterranean with connections to North Europe.
As the situation around the Red Sea / Gulf of Aden persists, the line said it is working to maintain capacity and offer greater reliability for supply chains.
It will also introduce a new service called Arabian Sea Service. The rotation will be Salalah, Oman - Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates - Port Qasim, Pakistan – Pipavav, India - Nhava Sheva, India – Salalah, Oman. The line said that the first sailing in the service will be GSL Kalliopi, which will depart Salalah on February 9. It will introduce the new weekly services connecting the Mediterranean and Red Sea.
The Gulf Service will serve Salalah, Oman - Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates – Doha, Qayar – Damma, Saudi Arabia - Al Jubayl, Saudi Arabia - Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Duqm, Oman – Salalah, Oman. The first sailing will be San Clemente, departing from Salalah on February 5.
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