1999 Safmarine’s liner activities
A.P. Moller entered into an agreement on acquisition of Safmarine Container Lines (SCL) and its related liner activities from South African Marine Corporation Limited (Safmarine).
At the time of acquisition, Safmarine Container Lines operated approximately 50 liner vessels and a fleet of about 80,000 containers. It covered a total of ten trades and fully complemented Maersk Line’s existing network.
Safmarine Container Lines joined the A.P. Moller Group as an independent unit with its own liner activities – marketed under the existing names Safmarine, SCL, CMBT and Safbank. It is still represented by its own agency network.
Since the acquisition, Maersk Line and Safmarine Container Lines have co-ordinated their respective liner network to offer customers optimised geographical coverage and transit times.
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