Jamaica Gleaner News - MAERSK, CMA CGM enhance services... between South America, Central America and the Caribbean - Tuesday

Denmark's Maersk Line, represented by local agents Maritime and Transport Limited and French Carrier CMA CGM, have enhanced their respective North Coast Express Service (NCX) and Brazilian Express Service (Brasex), connecting the east coast of South America to Central America and the Caribbean. The enhanced service came into effect on September 20.

The two carriers will offer a single service operated with four vessels each, with an average net capacity of 2,800 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).

Customers in the region will benefit from:

Increased coverage in the Caribbean by adding direct port calls in Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), Kingston (Jamaica) and Puerto Cabello (Venezuela).

New port call in Vitoria, allowing movement of cargo from the Caribbean and Central America to this port in Brazil.

Increased service reliability by deploying eight vessels on this specific service, reinforcing our commitment of being a reliable carrier on this trade, with fixed weekly sailings.

The new rotation will be as follows:

Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Zarate (Argentina) - Montevideo (Uruguay) - Rio Grande (Brazil) - Itajai (Brazil) - Paranagua (Brazil) - Santos (Brazil) - Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) - Cartagena (Colombia) - Manzanillo (Panama) - Kingston (Jamaica) - Puerto Cabello (Venezuela) - Point Lisas (Trinidad and Tobago) - Vitoria (Brazil) - Santos (Brazil) - Buenos Aires (Argentina).

The first sailing began in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 20, as a continuation of the current service.

Maersk Line will continue to offer its connection from its hub in Panama to the main ports in the Caribbean, Central America and the west coast of South America.