Maersk puts new vessels on Africa route

5/31/2011 10:09:35 AM

Maersk Line has introduced a new vessel, West Africa Maximum (Wafmax) for carrying cargo to Africa, especially the West and Central Africa sub-regions, reported All Africa. The firm, which is the first shipping line to introduce weekly vessel calls to ports in the West and Central Africa sub-regions, said the new vessel will have a capacity of 4,500 TEUs. Managing director of Maersk Nigeria, David Skov, and regional manager of Maersk Line for Africa, Ivan Heesom-Green, said that the vessel was novel to the trade in terms of size among other attributes.   Cargonews Asia

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