Port of Wilhelmshaven

No happy new year for shippers: Maersk warns of more supply chain delays

Maersk has warned customers that global supply chains face another challenging year.
“Unfortunately, 2022 has not started off as we had hoped,” the carrier said. “The pandemic is still going strong and we are seeing new outbreaks impacting our ability to move your cargo.”
The carrier said the situation was “particularly challenging at several hub ports and gateway terminals”.
However, Maersk was able to report a significant improvement at its Antwerp terminals, where …

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The 2M decides to put its Asia-Europe ‘eggs’ in fewer port baskets

The 2M shipping alliance’s decision to temporarily consolidate Asia-North Europe port calls in the new year has been broadly welcomed by stakeholders.
Maersk and MSC said from January, the AE1/Shogun service will omit the call at Felixstowe and AE55/Griffin loop would no longer call at Rotterdam.
“As a result of the exceptional waiting time and congestion faced in North Europe, Maersk will reduce the number of North European port calls by consolidating …

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Long delays mean Felixstowe won’t get major 2M Asia loop back until March

Berthing and landside delays at the UK’s largest container port, Felixstowe, remain “critical”, prompting 2M partners Maersk and MSC to extend the omission of the AE7/Condor loop until March next year.
Maersk said that until then, Felixstowe import containers would continue to be overlanded at Wilhelmshaven and relayed via a shuttle service.
And it is understood that MSC’s UK boxes will be landed at Antwerp and feedered to Felixstowe.
“We take this action …

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NORDFROST plans Wilhelmshaven – Scandinavia connection

As the market leader in frozen food logistics, NORDFROST, headquartered in Schortens in Friesland, has the largest refrigerated storage capacity in Europe at 40 cold storage locations nationwide. As the first investor in the container port Wilhelmshaven, the logistics company has now established itself as a strong player in port logistics and is now planning to enter the ferry business at the company’s “home port”. 

NORDFROST will use the Northwest and Southwest Quays in its inner harbor in...

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