Maersk announces service connecting northern Europe to Rio Grande

From March 2023 onwards, A.P. Moller-Maersk will offer a direct service to/from Northern Europe to/from Rio Grande in southern Brazil in substitution of a transshipment service. Thus, goods will no longer need to be transferred from one vessel to another and head to a different destination after going through all customs procedures in the country.

With this decision, Maersk service Samba (Northern Europe – East Coast South America) will have its transit time reduced from Rio Grande to Northern Europe by up to ten days.

Also, the Port of Rio Grande is no longer part of the Bossa Nova service, a decision taken to improve reliability.

See the route below:

*Itapoa call will be advanced before Paranagua.

** Following changes on the excepted schedule of the vessel’s arrival and departure day of the week.

The last Bossanova vessel with Original Rotation will be the MAERSK LOTA voyage 310S/312N, and the first Samba vessel with New Rotation will be the CAP SAN MARCO voyage 308S/313N.

A.P.Moller – Maersk constantly monitors routes to ensure the supply chain moves with agility, connectivity, and ease and will continue to do what it can to keep cargo flow with minimal delays and disruptions and hopes this solution will help add more connectivity and ease of planning for customers.

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