Maersk Line stood out among more than 10 nominees, taking home the Best Global Shipping Line and the Best Shipping Line - Asia-Europe Awards at the 27th Annual Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA), held on 9 May 2013, in Beijing.

Jens Eskelund, Managing Director of Maersk China Limited, who accepted the awards on behalf of Maersk Line shares, It's a great honour for Maersk Line to be recognised again by the industry and by our customers. The awards show that our continuous efforts to improve on our product and services are paying off. Our employees have been working hard to bring us to where we are today, so these are very welcome awards.

Maersk Line has been awarded with the Best Global Shipping Line for the 20th consecutive year, and it is the 25th time Maersk Line has won the Best Shipping Line - Asia-Europe Award.

The Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards are held annually by Cargonews Asia, a Hong Kong-based cargo freight and logistics trade newspaper. The Awards are designed to honour the respective winning organisations for demonstrating leadership as well as consistency in service quality, innovation, customer relations management and reliability.