MAERSK LINE EXTENDS ASIA

We are very pleased to announce that we have extended our Asia - Europe AE10 service into the port of Gdansk, Poland, creating the first direct connection between China/Southeast Asia and Poland.

In line with our goal of delivering outstanding, innovative cargo services, this change is part of our off-peak capacity and slow steaming initiatives being implemented in our Asia - Europe network.

The change will enable AE10 to offer unique coverage between Asian ports and Poland and beyond, to the rest of Central and Eastern Europe - including improved feeder connections to the Baltic and Russia.

As part of the change, we will remove Dunkerque from the AE10 service, but the total capacity we offer in the Asia - Europe trade will remain unchanged.

The first sailing will be Maersk Taikung departing from Shanghai on 1 December 2009 with an estimated time of arrival (ETA) in Gdansk on 5 January 2010.

AE10 (East and South China, South East Asia to Northern Europe, Poland, and Scandinavia)
- New rotation: Ningbo (China), Shanghai (China), Kaohsiung (Taiwan), Yantian (China), Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia), Le Havre (France), Felixstowe (Great Britain), Zeebrugge (Belgium), Gdansk (Poland), Gothenburg (Sweden), Aarhus (Denmark), Bremerhaven (Germany), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Singapore (Singapore), Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Kobe (Japan), Nagoya (Japan), Shimizu (Japan), and Yokohama (Japan).