The Lica Maersk suffered mechanical issues at Lyttelton last Friday and she has remained alongside there since undergoing repairs. Fortuitously, the Cap Blanche had not not yet left the region after being displaced from the US West Coast/Australia so she arrived at Port Chalmers on 19.9 to load the Lica Maersk's cargo, afterwhich will head to Lyttelton to load distressed cargo there as well. Some of the Lyttelton containers were off the Lica Maersk, discharged after being loaded at earlier ports but shipping on the Cap Blanche will ensure they reach Asia a week earlier than if they had waited for the Maersk vessel to be repaired and resume service.