THE Europe-South Africa SAECS service offered by Maersk, its unit Safmarine, together with MOL and Deutsche Afrika Linien (DAL), will speed northbound reefer cargo by adding an eighth ship while slowing an additional five days on the southern leg.

The 4,822-TEU Maersk Garonne, currently proceeding from the Far East to South Africa will join the service at Port Elizabeth on June 27, reports Alphaliner. The service calls at Rotterdam, Tilbury, Bremerhaven, Las Palmas, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Cape Town, Las Palmas and back to Rotterdam.

Once fully underway, the service will deploy five ships from Maersk and Safmarine, two ships from MOL and one from DAL.