Maersk chooses Malta

Malta Freeport, operated by CMA CGM, will tranship containers from Maersk Line’s Asia-Europe services onto feeder vessels serving Mediterranean ports. Maersk also will operate transhipment services under a vessel-sharing agreement with CMA CGM. These include the AE15 service that links the Mediterranean to the Middle East and Asia and the Westmed service connecting the Mediterranean to the US East Coast.

Seago Line, Maersk’s recently established pan-European feeder carrier, will also call Malta Freeport on the northbound and southbound legs of the Scanmed service linking Greece and Turkey to northern Europe and Scandinavia.

The Maltese transport ministry said the Maersk contract, won in the face of stiff competition from Mediterranean transhipment hubs, would secure the jobs of 1,200 port workers.