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EDITOR’S CORNER

Dear Customer,

For those of us in the shipping industry it has not come as a surprise to read last week that India's exports were up by 38% in Quarter 1 - 2011, as there have been positive signs since the beginning of the year on the demand upswing globally. As a result, demand for equipment and space at the ports, especially at Nhava Sheva, was greater than many of the preceding years. The demand for equipment is not just an Indian phenomenon, it is now global. While Maersk is one of the few shipping lines to be proactively investing in the fabrication of new equipment - dry and reefers alike, we foresee a continued shortage in the near future, simply because of the increased demand.

As Maersk Line, we have been aggressively promoting capacity to the USA West Coast in India and Sri Lanka, something we have not been able to do for years now. With space between China and the USA West Coast opening up a little, cargo from India and Sri Lanka has suddenly 'found a home'.

With the cashew season on, our Cashew Express is all set to welcome cargo and is specifically designed for customers to ensure excellent transit time in these crucial weeks of cashew imports.

Your Chennai Express (CHX) from Chennai to the Far East will now make 3 additional port calls at Qingdao, Xingang and Ningbo, which means that customers now have a window into North China and increased coverage to East China. Read on.

Sanjay Tiwari Director-Sales, Maersk Line India & Sri Lanka

NEWS-BYTES

Cashew Express gets ready to welcome the 'King'
Our Cashew Express is all set to welcome King Cashew onboard this season. The Cashew Express is specifically designed to ensure fast transit time in the crucial weeks when getting to destination quickly is paramount to your business. Your Cashew service reaches Cochin directly from Apapa – Nigeria in just 25 days and from Tema - Ghana in just 24 days.

For ports not served by the Cashew Express directly, we provide weekly coverage via transshipment services from Cochin to important cashew destinations like Tuticorin, Mangalore and Vishakhapatnam.

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Get onboard the upgraded Chennai Express
We are happy to announce an upgraded Chennai Express (CHX service) from Chennai to the Far East from April 27, 2011 (First call at Qingdao).

The service will make 3 additional port calls at Qingdao, Xingang and Ningbo, taking the number of port calls in China to 5. This means that our customers now have a window into North China and increased coverage to East China.

The Port rotation for this new weekly service is: Qingdao - Xingang - Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Tanjung Pelepas - Port Klang - Chennai - Visakhapatnam - Tanjung Pelepas - Qingdao

The first vessel of this upgraded service - Maersk Cotonou / (Voy: 1102) - ETA Qingdao on April 27, 2011, arrives Chennai on May 16, 2011, and in Visakhapatnam on May 18, 2011.

Reopening of booking acceptance to and from Ivory Coast
We are pleased to announce the reopening of all bookings to and from Ivory Coast (Port Abidjan and Port San Pedro) w.e.f. April 12, 2011.

Opportunity to ship through Pipavav
There is now a new weekly rail service connecting Baroda and Pipavav which gives you an option to ship either through Nhava Sheva or Pipavav. The rail service which is scheduled to depart Baroda every Saturday, ensures a connection onto our ME3 and ME1 services at Pipavav.

The gate cut-offs have been provided for your reference as below:

Baroda – Pipavav Loading	ME3 Service	ME1 Service	FM3 Service
Full container gate in cutoff at ICD	Thursday 1800 hours	Saturday 1800 hours	Tuesday 1800 hours
Shipping Instructions & TR cut-off at ICD	Thursday 1800 hours	Saturday800 hours	Tuesday1800 hours

ME1 service improvements - India to/from Europe
In an effort to continually enhance our product offering for you, we are delighted to announce improvements on our ME1 Service. We will continue our superior coverage into UK and Belgium as there is no major change in the berthing windows at Felixstowe and Zeebrugge. You will also have an improved transit time to Rotterdam, while the transit time to Bremerhaven would witness a slight increase. An additional Jeddah call has also been introduced on the Westbound routing of this service. These changes will ensure an improved coverage on both directions.

The New Port Rotation will be as below:
Westbound: Jebel Ali – Nhava Sheva – Pipavav – Salalah – Jeddah – Tangier – Algeciras – Felixstowe – Zeebrugge – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven

Eastbound: Felixstowe – Zeebrugge – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven – Algeciras – Aqaba – Jeddah – Jebel Ali – Nhava Sheva – Pipavav

The new routing will be effective with the vessel 8KF Maersk Kithira (Voy: 1108) sailing from Jebel Ali on May 5, 2011. ETA Nhava Sheva – May 8, 2011 and ETA Pipavav – May 10, 2011.

General status update of vessel operation in Japan
All our offices in Japan including Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe are open and fully staffed. Services to and from Sendai, Hachinohe, and Onahama continue to be suspended and there is no acceptance of cargo in these ports. There are no other commercial restrictions in booking transportation to or from Japan imposed by Maersk Line.

QUICK FACT

Maersk Line joins world oceans expedition as shipping and scientific research partner
Maersk Line joined the Virgin Oceanic Expedition (VOE) designated to explore the deepest points of the world’s five oceans. The five dives to the bottom of the world’s oceans will be carried out by Sir Richard Branson and Chris Welsh who will individually man an innovative new-built deep dive submarine, subject to receipt of all required regulatory approvals. Maersk Line has contributed to the funding of the scientific equipment used in the expedition to collect and analyse samples from the submarine dives and catamaran voyages.

INDUSTRY BYTES

Rising imports show US retailers in optimistic mood
The Global Port Tracker report, compiled by Hackett Associates on behalf of the US National Retail Federation (NRF), estimates that container imports at US ports will hit 1.24 million TEUs in April, following an estimated year-on-year increase of 11% in March, when volumes hit 1.2 million TEU.
*Source: ifw-net.com

CoPT launches single-window facility for customers
A single-window facility for the customers established by the Cochin Port Trust (CoPT) was formally inaugurated on April 7, 2011. The facility will cater to the documentation of all cargo-related activities at Mattancherry Wharf, Ernakulam Wharf and oil tanker berths under the port trust. The facility has online connectivity to the Customs and Port systems and facilitates real time billing and document generation. It will act as one-stop service window for entry/exit and billing for the pre-stage facility and clearance for export and import containers. The facility will also provide billing service for storage of containers and reefer service.
*Source Ports & Shipping News (India Infrastructure Publishing)

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