Danish shipping lines will be updating its Samba service to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in both directions, by cutting its transit along the Suez Canal westbound from the Middle East and dropping the Mediterranean call of Algeciras and Dakar and adding Walvis Bay, Nambia.
The new rotation will allow for transshipment between the Far East and Brazil at the Jebel Ali or Salalah instead of Algeciras running now as: Vitoria, Itajai, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Santos, Salalah, Jebel Ali, Walvis Bay and Vitoria.
According to an American Shipper report the service that covers trade from East Coast South America is now to run its loop on a reduced capacity of eight x 2,800-TEU vessels, cutting back on last October's upgrade of an additional vessel.
The cutting out of the Suez canal on the Samba service will allow it to capitalise on growing trade between East Coast South America/Middle East-India-East Africa but also to allow for restructuring of its West Coast North America/Asia volumes to South Africa and South America East Coast via Salalah in the other direction, said Francis Phillips of global shipping database, ComPair Data.
"Maersk has already announced a new joint venture with CMA CGM to run large ships through Suez directly between the West Coast of North America, Asia, the Mediterranean and US East Coast, starting in May, he added. "In that context Samba could now be viewed as a potential Salalah-based 'feeder' loop, connecting in South Africa and the South America East Coast to the new Maersk/CMA CGM northern hemisphere network, which is evolving."
The new rotation will allow for transshipment between the Far East and Brazil at the Jebel Ali or Salalah instead of Algeciras running now as: Vitoria, Itajai, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Santos, Salalah, Jebel Ali, Walvis Bay and Vitoria.
According to an American Shipper report the service that covers trade from East Coast South America is now to run its loop on a reduced capacity of eight x 2,800-TEU vessels, cutting back on last October's upgrade of an additional vessel.
The cutting out of the Suez canal on the Samba service will allow it to capitalise on growing trade between East Coast South America/Middle East-India-East Africa but also to allow for restructuring of its West Coast North America/Asia volumes to South Africa and South America East Coast via Salalah in the other direction, said Francis Phillips of global shipping database, ComPair Data.
"Maersk has already announced a new joint venture with CMA CGM to run large ships through Suez directly between the West Coast of North America, Asia, the Mediterranean and US East Coast, starting in May, he added. "In that context Samba could now be viewed as a potential Salalah-based 'feeder' loop, connecting in South Africa and the South America East Coast to the new Maersk/CMA CGM northern hemisphere network, which is evolving."