<p>The service, ICON (India, Colombo, north Europe) will have a direct, dedicated and fast coverage from Chennai to north Europe, a company release said here.<br /><br />The ICON service will deploy 7x3,400 TEU vessels and operate with the following port rotation -- Chennai-Colombo-Salalah-Zeebrugge-Felixstowe-Rotterdam-Bremerh aven-Salalah-Colombo -- it said.<br /><br />Maersk Line Managing Director (India and Sri Lanka) Rizwan Soomar said, "With excellent transit times from Chennai to Felixstowe (UK), this is a fast product and well-suited for all our customers in time-sensitive industries like apparel and retail.<br /><br />This also addresses our customers' long-standing demand for a direct product from south India to Europe, which helps in achieving better efficiency in supply-chains and reducing overheads for our customers."<br /><br />The service also boasts of carrying special hanging garments containers to ensure garments arrive in good condition, ready to place directly into retail outlets.<br /><br />The service will also provide a wide coverage of the Scandinavian and Russian markets via Bremerhaven, Germany, the release said, adding the first vessel from Chennai is scheduled for March 14.</p>
<p>The service, ICON (India, Colombo, north Europe) will have a direct, dedicated and fast coverage from Chennai to north Europe, a company release said here.<br /><br />The ICON service will deploy 7x3,400 TEU vessels and operate with the following port rotation -- Chennai-Colombo-Salalah-Zeebrugge-Felixstowe-Rotterdam-Bremerh aven-Salalah-Colombo -- it said.<br /><br />Maersk Line Managing Director (India and Sri Lanka) Rizwan Soomar said, "With excellent transit times from Chennai to Felixstowe (UK), this is a fast product and well-suited for all our customers in time-sensitive industries like apparel and retail.<br /><br />This also addresses our customers' long-standing demand for a direct product from south India to Europe, which helps in achieving better efficiency in supply-chains and reducing overheads for our customers."<br /><br />The service also boasts of carrying special hanging garments containers to ensure garments arrive in good condition, ready to place directly into retail outlets.<br /><br />The service will also provide a wide coverage of the Scandinavian and Russian markets via Bremerhaven, Germany, the release said, adding the first vessel from Chennai is scheduled for March 14.</p>