A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has announced its MECL service will add a call in Mundra India to improve products from India to North America.
Maersk also reported that its MECL service will stop calling Algeciras on the westbound voyage.
As a result, the transit times from India, Pakistan and the Middle East to US East Coast will improve by an average of five days.
The first vessel voyage on the new rotation will be Maersk Atlanta 509W with ETA in Mundra on 24 February 2025.
The new MECL rotation will be as follows:
Jebel Ali – Mundra – Pipavav – Nhava Sheva – Salalah – Newark – Charleston – Savannah – Houston – Norfolk – Newark – Tangier – Salalah
Earlier this year, global schedule reliability increased by 4.1 percentage points month on month (MoM) to 54.8 per cent in November 2024.
Late last year, Maersk announced the start of operations at its new warehouse in Denain, northern France.