Sealand Americas Market Update August 2023

22 August 2023

Ocean Update

As part of our commitment to provide you with the most up-to-date and relevant information on the logistics industry, we share our Market Update on the Latin American market.

You will find information and interesting data on the update of the state of the ports, the most important transport routes and relevant news.

We hope you'll find the following information helpful, as well as inspiring to boost your business and keep your cargo moving.

Key Market Outlook Across Trade Lanes

Trade	Trade Statement	The most critical destination port situation update
Trade West Coast to North America	Trade Statement As of August 13th, 2023, Maersk will offer weekly service to Oakland through the WCCA2 service, servicing directly Mexico, Central America, and West Coast South America via our hub in Balboa, Panama. In this case, we are upgrading our service from biweekly to weekly coverage.	The most critical destination port situation update Medium
Trade North America to East Coast of South America	Trade Statement Schedule reliability is improving on our service that covers the Gulf area. As of August 24th, our service Gulfex will also call the port of Paranagua, BR. We are also providing a better transit time from Chicago, Memphis, and Detroit via Mobile. On the East Coast side, the Tango service is running smoothly .	The most critical destination port situation update Medium
Trade Intra-America to East Coast of South America	Trade Statement Schedule reliability is improving on our service that covers the MX Gulf ports. As of August 24th, our service Gulfex will also call the port of Paranagua, BR. From Colombia, we do have multiple services to attend to the customer's demand	The most critical destination port situation update Medium
Trade Intra-America to Caribbean	Trade Statement New proforma and cutoff changes of our service Calypso U6K SB, sailing with direct connection from Manzanillo, Panama to Point Lisas, Trinidad. The new Documentation cutoff & VGM will be on Friday 12:00hrs and the terminal cutoff on Monday at 17:00hrs, vessel departure is unchaged and will continue to depart on Thursday 18:00hrs. This new Proforma and Documentation Cutoff will be effective week 31	The most critical destination port situation update Medium
Trade East Coast of South America to Intra-Americas	Trade Statement Space opportunities to the US East Coast, as well as to Intra-ECSA (i.e., MERCOSUR trade) and the West Coast of South America. Demand for US Gulf and Caribbean are on the high side, but we can still work with new opportunities until the end of August	The most critical destination port situation update Medium

Main port status

Country	Port
Country North America	Port Newark, Philadelphia, Baltimore, North Charleston, Savannah, Port Everglades, Mobile, Houston, Long Beach-Los Angeles, Oakland
Country South America	Port Chile, Puerto Quetzal, GT, Balboa

Monthly Highlights

Sealand is integrating into Maersk!

While www.sealandmaersk.com will remain functional for the time being, we encourage you to explore www.maersk.com. As your new logistics hub, it will be a key place for you to find further information on how Maersk can continue to help you with your supply chain moves. Please note that you for current customers of Sealand, we will ensure to inform you of when you will need to start using Maersk.com for you booking needs.

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