Maersk has announced that they will have a new direct service connecting the Port of Halifax with North Europe. This new service will offer customers in Halifax fixed weekly calls from Halifax to North Europe, and connections to the Far East Asia via transshipment.

This new service will open new markets and opportunities for Atlantic Canadian exporters in particular with the seafood and agricultural industries.

The first vessel on the new rotation will be the Maersk Palermo with an estimated time of arrival at the Port of Halifax on May 18, 2010.