Maersk has announced several changes to its services between the Far East and Africa.
The Danish shipping line said the updated Far East-West Africa route will provide better connections, greater reliability and shorter transit times, while the new Cape Town Express service will connect to South Africa.
The following new rotations for FEW2, FEW3 and FEW6 services will be effective from the first week of December.
The updated services are as follows:
Updated FEW2 service
Rotation:Singapore-Tanjong-Pelepas(Malaysia)-Lome(Togo)-Apapa(Nigeria)-One(Nigeria)-Cotonou (Benin)-Singapore
Update FEW3 service
Qingdao(China)-Gwangyang(South Korea)-Shanghai(China)-Ningbo(China)-Shekou (China)-Nansha (China)-Singapore (Asia)-Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia)-Tema (Ghana) -Lekki (Nigeria)-Abidjan(Côted'Ivoire)-Pointe-Noire(Congo)-Colombo(Sri Lanka)-Singapore (Asia)-Xiamen (China)-Qingdao (China)
The current FEW1 service will be discontinued and coverage will be transferred to FEW3 service.
Updated FEW6 service
Qingdao (China) - Shanghai (China) - Ningbo (China) - Nansha (China) - Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia) - Singapore (Asia) - Pointe Noire (Congo) - Kribi (Cameroon) - Luanda (Angola)-Walvis Bay (Namibia)-Singapore (Asia)-Qingdao (China)
The removal of coverage in Cape Town is an important change to the service