London Gateway has landed its first shipping line service, the Southern Africa Europe Container Service, which will start calling at the DP World-operated container terminal in November, according to Port Finance International.

The Asia Black Sea Express (ABX) service will be replaced by a service connection via Port Said as well as a new feeder service to the Black Sea.

Members of the G6 Alliance have announced their decision to modify their network between the Far East and the Black Sea effective from week 36.

Maersk Line has taken delivery of Majestic Maersk, the second of 20 18,270-TEU containerships being built for it by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering.
  
   The Triple-E ship will, in 2013, be operated at a reduced capacity of 14,200 TEU in line with the largest vessels currently deployed on the company's AE10 route, as not all ports and terminals will be ready to handle a fully loaded Triple-E this year.

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Major container lines have announced rate increases for a variety of trades, as detailed below, slated to take effect in August, September and October.

Asia-Latin America