Maersk TP3 service fleet expanded with additional 8,242-TEU vessel

DENMARK's Maersk Line has announced that its US east coast-Asia TP3 service, operated jointly with CMA-CGM, has added a 17th vessel to the rotation, the 8,242-TEU Albert Maersk, which has already gone into service.

The shipping line said: "This winter season change will add seven days to the east coast US to Asia product that is currently offered, though there will be no impact on the Asia to east coast US, nor the Asia to West Coast US or west coast US to Asia products offered on the butterfly service of TP9."

The 17-vessel rotation has commenced with the sailing of the Albert Maersk on December 12 and is expected to continue until March, reported American Shipper. The service will slow steam via the Cape of Good Hope during the slack winter season.