Maersk abandons Algeciras for the port of Tanger Med

Maersk’s decision to cancel, as of February 24, its call at the port of Algeciras on the line between the United States and India, was poorly received by the authorities of the said port. The shipping company will now pass through the port of Tangier to connect these destinations.

Despite this decision taken for “commercial reasons”, the port of Algeciras remains “a strategic priority” for Maersk, the Danish company assuredThe debateannouncing that the Spanish port will play a “key role” in the commercial agreement with Hapag-Lloyd (Gemini cooperation). “Gemini includes several key services between Asia and Europe, including calls for 20,000 TEU container ships,” explains Maersk, which informs that these ships will begin calling at the Andalusian port from February 1.