Maersk Line intends dropping its Africa MEW1 loop which links the west Mediterranean, West Africa, South Africa and the Middle East. The service will be discontinued as from 19 February 2012.
As a result there will be no service from Maersk between Dubai and West Africa outside its longer ME1 and Rumba loops that connect from Algeciras westbound to Dubai.
Maersk Line intends dropping its Africa MEW1 loop which links the west Mediterranean, West Africa, South Africa and the Middle East. The service will be discontinued as from 19 February 2012.
As a result there will be no service from Maersk between Dubai and West Africa outside its longer ME1 and Rumba loops that connect from Algeciras westbound to Dubai.
The ‘round-trip’ MEW1 is a 63-day voyage with calls at Algeciras, Dakar, Lagos, Douala, and Cape Town via Suez from Dubai and the Indian Ocean. Nine ships averaging 2,515 TEU were deployed including some vessels provided by the Maersk Line Safmarine division.
From 19 February the service will continue as a dedicated end-to-end loop between South Africa and Algeciras, deploying six vessels averaging 1,309 TEU, and from South Africa to Dubai on its MESA service calling at Karachi and Mumbai, on which five vessels averaging 2,235 TEU will be deployed.
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