TAIWAN's Evergreen Line will join Hanjin Shipping and UASC to start a West Africa Service (WAF), presenting transshipment opportunities through Algeciras from the end of May.

Four ships with capacities of 2,800-3,000 TEU will be deployed on the joint service which will provide an efficient transshipment link to the Far East and Europe via Algeciras and extend Evergreen's global service network to West Africa, the company said.

Evergreen Line and UASC will deploy one vessel each and the other two ships will be operated by Hanjin. The first sailing is planned from Algeciras on May 30, and the port rotation for the 28-day voyage is as follows: Algeciras, Lagos, Tema, Abidjan and back to Algeciras.