Maersk Line and Safmarine which jointly operate a weekly service between the Far East and West Africa (WAF 10) are adding a second weekly string known as FEW 2), in which Far East calls will be limited to Port Kelang and Tanjung Pelepas, which thus act as Asian transhipment hubs for the service. WAF 10 will at the same time be recoded as the FEW1 service.
The new service will operate with eight ships in the 2,200 to 3,000-TEU range – Maersk Petersburg, Annabelle Schulte, Nedlloyd Adriana, Ocean Promise, Maersk Valencia, Maersk Navia, ER Santiago and ER Hamburg. Six of these ships have been displaced by the cascade effect of larger vessels entering other Maersk services.
FEW 1 (the former WAF 10 service) will operate with the nine ships in the 2,500-TEU range that are currently deployed on that service. The respective rotations will be:
The new service will operate with eight ships in the 2,200 to 3,000-TEU range – Maersk Petersburg, Annabelle Schulte, Nedlloyd Adriana, Ocean Promise, Maersk Valencia, Maersk Navia, ER Santiago and ER Hamburg. Six of these ships have been displaced by the cascade effect of larger vessels entering other Maersk services.
FEW 1 (the former WAF 10 service) will operate with the nine ships in the 2,500-TEU range that are currently deployed on that service. The respective rotations will be:
FEW 1: Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Tanjung Pelepas, Walvis Bay, Tema, Lagos/Apapa, Pointe Noire, Durban (bunker call only), Guangzhou (Nansha).
FEW 2: Port Kelang, Tanjung Pelepas, Lome, Cotonou, Lagos/Apapa, Durban (bunkers only), Port Kelang.
FEW 2: Port Kelang, Tanjung Pelepas, Lome, Cotonou, Lagos/Apapa, Durban (bunkers only), Port Kelang.