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CMA CGM and Maersk US flag carriers enter into slot exchange deals

CMA CGM’s shipping specialist serving the US Government, APL, and Maersk’s counterpart, Maersk Line Limited, have entered into a new slot exchange partnership across several trade routes.

In particular, Maersk will take 80 eastbound TEUs and 130 westbound TEUs on APL’s Transpacific and fully US-flagged EX1 service, while APL will secure 80 eastbound and 20 westbound slots on Maersk’s Indian Subcontinent – US East Coast (MECL) service.

Additionally, the MECL service, which is partially served with...

https://container-news.com/cma-cgm-and-maersk-us-flag-carriers-slot-exchange-deals/

Maersk Line Limited reaches settlement in whistleblower case

As part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor in a whistleblower case, Maersk’s U.S.-flag subsidiary, Maersk Line Limited is to change its safety reporting policies and compensate a seaman that it terminated after he reported safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard without first notifying the company.

The Department of Labor says that these actions follow a three-day hearing in June 2024 in which Maersk challenged the findings of a whistleblower investigation by the department’s...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/maersk-line-limited-reaches-settlement-in-whistleblower-case/

Attack on Maersk Detroit underscores continued Houthi threat

UKMTO WARNING
INCIDENT 019 – ATTACK UPDATE 001https://t.co/qlApy9q9pq#MaritimeSecurity #MarSec pic.twitter.com/uhXf1I7V33

— United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) (@UK_MTO) January 24, 2024

This morning brought news from UKMTO of an incident 50 nautical miles south of Al Mukha, Yemen, in which the master of a ship reported an explosion about 100 meters off the vessel’s starboard side. According to a later post on X (formerly Twitter) by U.S. Central Command that ship was the...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/attack-on-maersk-detroit-underscores-continued-houthi-threat/

Maersk Line ordered to pay over US$700,000 in back wages, damages to fired seaman

A federal whistleblower investigation has determined that Maersk Line Limited suspended and terminated a seaman illegally after the seaman reported numerous safety concerns about a company vessel to the US Coast Guard.

The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) determined Maersk Line’s termination of the seaman violated the federal Seaman’s Protection Act.

Seaman may report concerns directly to the USCG and are not required to follow any company policy that...

https://container-news.com/maersk-line-ordered-to-pay-over-us700000-in-back-wages-damages-to-fired-seaman/

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