Cargo Business Newswire

Monday, February 9, 2015

Maersk Line adds Port of Boston to TA5 service

Maersk Line started calling at the Port of Boston’s Conley Container Terminal with the arrival of the Sealand Illinois this week, according to the Massachusetts Port Authority.

Boston will be the second U.S. port of call after New York on Maersk’s TA5 service, part of their East-West Network, followed by Baltimore, Norfolk, Savannah, and Charleston. Foreign calls on this service will include Algeciras and Valencia, Spain, Sines in Portugal, and the Italian ports of Gioia Tauro, Naples, Leghorn, La Spezia, and Genoa, the statement said.

Maersk Line joins six other service providers at the port, including Mediterranean Shipping Company, COSCO, K-Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin Shipping, and Evergreen Line.

"Coming back to the Port of Boston with our TA5

service offers customers a dependable, direct service between New England and Mediterranean markets," said Michael White, president of Maersk Line North America. "We will work closely with the Massachusetts Port Authority to make certain shippers have effective resources for optimal supply chain performance."

Port Director Deborah Hadden said Conley Container Terminal has seen steady growth in container volume over the last several years. Container volumes for 2014 were up 10 percent year-over-year for a total of 214,243 TEUs.

The Sealand Illinois is the first of three Maersk Line ships, each with capacity of approximately 6,400 TEUs, scheduled to rotate through Boston. MSC will operate an additional three ships of similar capacity.