We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy.
  • ::COVID-19 COVERAGE::
  • INDUSTRY PRESS ROOM
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • MEDIA FILE
  • Create Account
  • Sign In
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
Free Newsletters
  • MAGAZINE
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Digital Edition
    • Subscribe
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • TRANSPORTATION
  • MATERIAL HANDLING
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • LIFT TRUCKS
  • PODCAST ETC.
    • Podcast
    • Blogs
      • Analytics & Big Data
      • Best Practices
      • Dispatches
      • Empowering Your Performance Edge
      • Logistics Problem Solving
      • One-Off Sound Off
      • Public Sector Logistics
      • Two Sides of the Logistics Coin
      • Submit your blog post
    • Events
    • White Papers
    • Industry Press Room
      • Upload Your News
    • New Products
      • Upload Your Product News
    • Conference Guides
    • Conference Reports
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • DCV-TV
    • DCV-TV 1: News
    • DCV-TV 2: Case Studies
    • DCV-TV 3: Webcasts
    • DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
    • DCV-TV 5: Solution Profiles
    • MODEX 2020
    • Upload Your Video
  • MAGAZINE
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Digital Edition
    • Subscribe
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • TRANSPORTATION
  • MATERIAL HANDLING
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • LIFT TRUCKS
  • PODCAST ETC.
    • Podcast
    • Blogs
      • Analytics & Big Data
      • Best Practices
      • Dispatches
      • Empowering Your Performance Edge
      • Logistics Problem Solving
      • One-Off Sound Off
      • Public Sector Logistics
      • Two Sides of the Logistics Coin
      • Submit your blog post
    • Events
    • White Papers
    • Industry Press Room
      • Upload Your News
    • New Products
      • Upload Your Product News
    • Conference Guides
    • Conference Reports
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • DCV-TV
    • DCV-TV 1: News
    • DCV-TV 2: Case Studies
    • DCV-TV 3: Webcasts
    • DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
    • DCV-TV 5: Solution Profiles
    • MODEX 2020
    • Upload Your Video
Home » Maersk, BNSF launch guaranteed Asia-North America service
newsworthy

Maersk, BNSF launch guaranteed Asia-North America service

March 5, 2012
Mark B. Solomon
No Comments

Maersk Line and BNSF Railway today announced the launch of a day-definite sea-rail service from Asia to the United States that will hit its delivery targets 95 percent of the time, performance levels that the companies called "unprecedented" for this type of service.

The service, called "Flagship," links China, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, and Vietnam with Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Memphis, and Northwest Ohio, via the Port of Los Angeles. The one exception is that Dallas will not be served from Japan or Korea, at least for now.

Maersk began a similar service last year on the Asia-Europe trade.

The new service will rely on dedicated BNSF trains to provide non-stop service to the five inland U.S. markets. The companies said the trains would bypass connecting points along their routes, which will allow for faster train velocity.

For example, a Shanghai-Chicago sailing is guaranteed to reach its destination in Chicago in 19 days. A voyage from Yokohama to Memphis is committed to arrive in 17 days. And a sailing from Malaysia to Dallas is guaranteed to reach its destination in 25 days, according to Maersk's schedules.

Maersk executives said the service is focused on delivering reliable transit times, rather than reducing the time in transit. Many ocean shippers stress predictability over speed so they can better plan and execute their supply chain operations. In fact, with the container ships slowing down their vessel speeds to conserve fuel and reduce carbon emissions, vessel speed will become less of an issue for shippers and importers than ever before.

"While we understand that having a competitive transit is important, speed is not the essence of this service, being on-time is," said Timothy O'Connell, senior director, trade and marketing at Maersk's North American division, in a statement. The service "is not about being faster. It's about being absolutely reliable based on time," O'Connell added.

Maritime & Ocean
KEYWORDS BNSF Logistics Maersk Line Port of Los Angeles
  • Related Articles

    enVista and Jesta I.S. to Enable Robust Omnichannel Solution for North America and Asia Mark

    enVista and Jesta I.S. to Enable Robust Omnichannel Solution for North America and Asia Markets

    CX North America to Officially Launch Its Freight Collaboration Platform at the TIA 2017 Conference

Marksolomon
Mark Solomon joined DC VELOCITY as senior editor in August 2008, and was promoted to his current position on January 1, 2015. He has spent more than 30 years in the transportation, logistics and supply chain management fields as a journalist and public relations professional. From 1989 to 1994, he worked in Washington as a reporter for the Journal of Commerce, covering the aviation and trucking industries, the Department of Transportation, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to that, he worked for Traffic World for seven years in a similar role. From 1994 to 2008, Mr. Solomon ran Media-Based Solutions, a public relations firm based in Atlanta. He graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in journalism from The American University in Washington, D.C.

Recent Articles by Mark Solomon

Coming together for road safety: interview with Joshua Girard

Off the rails

Freight rate spikes shaking up the C-suite

You must login or register in order to post a comment.

Report Abusive Comment

Most Popular Articles

  • Relaxed regulations for drone parcel delivery to take effect in March

  • IBM survey says digitalization trends will sweep trucking industry by 2030

  • Gartner survey signals increased investment in resilience over the next two years

  • Increasing Urgency for Vaccine Supplies Drives Launch of New Vaccine Manufacturing Resources on Thomasnet.com

  • What Level of Automation is Right for Your Warehouse?

Now Playing on DCV-TV

Ef7899d1 1c83 487b 9291 8af692931c96

myQ Dock Management

DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
Introducing myQ Dock Management. Connect your loading dock equipment and iDock Controls from Poweramp, McGuire, or DLM to the cloud and view your loading activity online with myQ Dock Management.Facilities with myQ can monitor the real-time status of their docks and be proactive in improving efficiency and safety. ...

FEATURED WHITE PAPERS

  • Time to rethink your lift truck power

  • Warehouse Management System Project Toolkit

  • Solving Talent Management Challenges Now and In the Future

  • Shaping Up Last Mile Delivery to Surpass Customer Expectations

View More

Subscribe to DC Velocity Magazine

GET YOUR FREE SUBSCRIPTION
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • ADVERTISING
  • CUSTOMER CARE
  • CONTACT
  • ABOUT
  • STAFF
  • PRIVACY POLICY

Copyright ©2021. All Rights ReservedDesign, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing