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Maersk's Asia-South Africa loop gains steam

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

After two and a half months on a 10-week rotation, the ocean carrier Maersk Line has removed one of the two vessels added to its weekly Asia-to-South Africa Safari 1 service in December 2012. Roundtrip voyage time on the service has decreased from 70 days to 63 days, and transit times eastbound from South Africa to China and Singapore have improved by about seven days. Vessels will no longer slow steam one extra week between Port Louis, Mauritius, and Singapore. The Safari 1...

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