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Maersk, Sealand and P&O Nedlloyd Announce the Introduction of a New Di
rect Service Between North Europe and Canada

Sea-Land, Maersk and P&O Nedlloyd are proud to announce their intent t
o introduce a new direct service linking port in North Europe with Mon
treal, Canada.
Starting Septenber 1997, there ice-class vessels of approximately 1000
TEUs will provide weekly direct calls at Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Felix
stowe and Montreal. The new service will supplement the carriers exist
ing service to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and will provide shippers in the
trade with a high quality and reliable product. The parties intend to
finalise all elements of the new service in the near future.
Maersk Line is a division of the A. P.Moller Group headquartered in Co
penhagen, Denmark. Maersk Line is a leading global provider of contain
erized transport solutions with more than 250 owned offices all over t
he world. Maersk Line operates about 100 container ships and more than
250,000 containers.
Sea-Land Service, Inc., a unit of CSX Corporation in Richmond, VA, is
one of the largest container shipping companies in the world. Sea-Land
operates about 100 container ships and 200,000 containers globally an
d serves more than 120 ports in 80 countries and territories on five c
ontinents.
P&O Nedlloyd, headquartered in London, is one of the world’s largest
shipping companies. P&O Nedlloyd operates a fleet of 112 container shi
ps and a container fleet of 540,000 TEU globally providing door to doo
r service through more than 80 ports on six continents. P&O Nedlloyd h
as more than 500 offices worldwide.