Maersk has decided to make changes to the OC1 service due to ongoing delays aiming to “reestablish schedule reliability.”
The Danish shipping line will be omitting the port of Cartagena – Sociedad Portuaria Region the southbound voyage until further notice.
The first vessel to omit Cartagena southbound is Oluf Maersk voyage 135S on 16 September, while Maersk will still be offering a northbound call, as per the below revised rotation:
The updated OC1 rotation will therefore be as follow: Philadelphia – Charleston – Cartagena* – Panama Canal – Balboa – Tauranga – Sydney – Melbourne – Timaru* – Port Chalmers** – Napier** – Tauranga – Panama Canal – Manzanillo – Cristobal – Cartagena – Philadephia.
*Cartagena and Timaru omission until further notice.
**Alternate omission between Port Chalmers and Napier until further notice.
On the southbound voyage, the company said it will continue to serve Cartagena via rail to Balboa, Panama.
