Maersk Line adds the Port of Savannah in Georgia, US, to its MECL2 service
Maersk Line has added the Port of Savannah in Georgia, US, to its MECL2 service, Doug J. Marchand, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) announced yesterday.
"We are very pleased to increase Savannah’s trade with India, the Middle East and the Mediterranean through the Maersk MECL2 service," Marchand said in a press release. "We appreciate Maersk Line’s confidence in the GPA’s facilities and services by selecting Savannah as the MECL2 service’s first port of call on the US East Coast."
In 2006, Maersk Line and the GPA signed a 20-year agreement making the Port of Savannah one of its primary ports of call in the South Atlantic.
Maersk Line now has five services calling at the Port of Savannah, including the MECL2 service. The first sailing Eastbound on the MECL2, the Maersk Djibouti, arrived in Savannah yesterday.
"In response to the needs of our customers, who have long sought a weekly US direct service from Southern India, we are pleased to introduce this unique enhanced service to Savannah," said a Maersk spokesperson.
"Our goal is to reduce transit time between the two destinations by as much as four days, while also providing expanded port coverage, optimal sailing frequency and unmatched schedule integrity."
"We are very pleased to increase Savannah’s trade with India, the Middle East and the Mediterranean through the Maersk MECL2 service," Marchand said in a press release. "We appreciate Maersk Line’s confidence in the GPA’s facilities and services by selecting Savannah as the MECL2 service’s first port of call on the US East Coast."
In 2006, Maersk Line and the GPA signed a 20-year agreement making the Port of Savannah one of its primary ports of call in the South Atlantic.
Maersk Line now has five services calling at the Port of Savannah, including the MECL2 service. The first sailing Eastbound on the MECL2, the Maersk Djibouti, arrived in Savannah yesterday.
"In response to the needs of our customers, who have long sought a weekly US direct service from Southern India, we are pleased to introduce this unique enhanced service to Savannah," said a Maersk spokesperson.
"Our goal is to reduce transit time between the two destinations by as much as four days, while also providing expanded port coverage, optimal sailing frequency and unmatched schedule integrity."