Maersk to deploy bigger vessels on Europe-West Africa route

Maersk Line will deploy larger vessels on its routes between Europe and West Africa, Danish newswire RB-Borsen reports.
The larger ships will have a capacity of 3,430 TEUs and each will operate routes connecting the southern Spanish port of Algeciras and the northern Moroccan port of Tanger with African ports such as Abidjan, Tema and Dakar.
The capacity of the ships previously used did not exceed 2,800 TEUs.
The new vessels are set to be the largest ever deployed on routes between Europe and West Africa.