This move tightens the relationship between the carrier and port operator and benefits their import-export customers. CMIT offers Maersk Line a 14m channel depth with 16.5m depth alongside, state-of-the-art ship-side and shore-side handling facilities and over 36 hectares of container yard.
Peter Smidt-Nielsen, General Director, Maersk Line Vietnam said: “We are excited to start calling at CMIT with our Direct Trans Pacific service and look forward to further enhancing the service to our customers. We are very proud to have 100 percent On-Time schedule reliability between Vietnam and the US West Coast in quarter 2 as the only line, and we look forward to continue delivering that important service to our customers.”
As business partners, Maersk Line and CMIT aim to provide their customers a better service to North American destinations, on-time vessel reliability and higher capacity to cover increased demand for imported cargo to Vietnam.
“We are delighted to welcome Grete Maersk to CMIT”, said Michael Them Rasmussen, General Director of CMIT. “With state-of-the-art equipment, highly trained and dedicated people and already high berth productivity, we are sure we can deliver on Maersk Line’s high expectations of us. We are looking forward to a successful partnership with Maersk Line over the coming years” he added.