Vessel Sharing Agreement between Maersk Line and MISC Berhad in the South East Asia - New Zealand tr

[Tony des Landes]

I have since heard that Kota Ekspres will do one voyage and then it will be Kota Pemimpin, but that could change

Tony d

[Robbie]

i see the Maersk Fuji, OOCL Melbourne, and Maersk Fukuoka are making a trip to Wellington within the next month. Centreport (Wellington) very rarely gets visits from Maersk and never get visits from OOCL vessels. Is the new sharing agreement including Wellington? Will these be regular callers to Centreport?

Cheers Robbie

[Brent]

Hi Robbie

Maersk Fuji and Maersk Fukuoka on the Southern Star service to Australia so presume Wellington calls as part of the transtasman service. Before they had the "butterfly" service inherited from P&O Nedlloyd.

OOCL and other lines have rationalised their 2 string service between N.Z. and Singapore and previously OOCL vessels were on loop B that bypassed Wellington. As part of the reorganised service Wellington will continue the weekly calls carried out previously by PIL and MISC vessels, but with a new set of alrger vessels including OOCL Melbourne.

Cheers

Brent

[Aaron Fox]

OOCL Melbourne Arrivals at Auckland today.

[Stephen Chester]

Maersk Damascus has been renamed MISC Damascus and the charter has been taken over by MISC Berhad as their contribution to the vessel sharing agreement.

[Tony des Landes]

When I first read that I thought I saw MSC Damascus. If MISC use MISC as a prefix it will get confusing with MSC and when you say MISC it sounds a bit like Maersk.

Tony d

[Brent]

MISC have used the prefix on other charters such as MISC Merlion also chartered from Maersk. No more Bunga's then?

[Brent]

Evening

Apparently a change of plan and while MISC will be operating the Maersk Damascus, it will not be renamed.

Cheers

Brent

[Stephen Chester]

That's unusual. It will mean that MISC will no longer have a "name" presence in the NZ- South East Asia trade.

[Stephen Chester]

The Maersk Damascus now has the funnel colour of MISC. She is in Auckland 24 June 2008.

[Robbie]

here is a link for a photo of the Maersk Damascus with her new funnel: http://seapixonline.com/nsphoto.php?tot=3965&mid=0&cat=118&catn=&wds=&typ=dateadded&hit=1&pid=4784

[Stephen Chester]

The 1978 built Provider is to be replaced by the 1987 built California Mercury by NYK line. The 2008 built Kota Permata is to be replaced by the 1986 built Kota Pusaka by PIL.

[Aaron Fox]

Will the Provider be scrapped

[Brent]

Hi

Provider has been sold to Chinese shipbreakers.

Cheers

Brent

[Aaron Fox]

Was the Provider base on the NZ- Asia route