Maersk Line will launch a new ICON service covering South/East India and Sri Lanka to and from North Europe next month.

"Being in close dialogue with our customers helps us spot trends in sourcing and anticipate future needs. That is how we came up with the ICON service. It is a milestone in the development of our coverage of the Indian Sub continent," said Vincent Clerc, vice- president for Europe services at Maersk.

The ICON service will deploy seven 3,400 TEU vessels and the port rotation is Chennai, Colombo, Salalah, Zeebrugge, Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Remerhaven, Salalah, Colombo