MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company is revising its Europe-South Africa service by progressively replacing the 4,000- to 4,500-TEU vessels used on the service with containerships ranging from 5,000- to 6,000-TEU.
MSC is reportedly using most of the capacity on the service itself, but also carries containers on behalf of Evergreen Line and Hapag-Lloyd. It also transships Med-South Africa cargo at Sines and Las Palmas.
A report by AXS-Alphaliner News said that while MSC is increasing capacity on its Europe-South Africa trade route, container shipping lines jointly operating the Europe-South Africa SAECS loop 2, namely Maersk Line, Safmarine, DAL and MOL, are reducing capacity.
The move is said to have been driven by a seasonal decline in traffic volumes.
MSC is reportedly using most of the capacity on the service itself, but also carries containers on behalf of Evergreen Line and Hapag-Lloyd. It also transships Med-South Africa cargo at Sines and Las Palmas.
A report by AXS-Alphaliner News said that while MSC is increasing capacity on its Europe-South Africa trade route, container shipping lines jointly operating the Europe-South Africa SAECS loop 2, namely Maersk Line, Safmarine, DAL and MOL, are reducing capacity.
The move is said to have been driven by a seasonal decline in traffic volumes.