Examining the Africa region as a key shipping hub, Danish maritime data analysis firm Sea-Intelligence has studied the vessel deployments by major liner operators, particularly the world’s largest, MSC, on services covering the region.
This past week, MSC announced the deployment of 23,000+ TEU vessels on its Asia-West Africa service, “Africa Express.” Currently, the largest vessel on this service has a capacity of 16,600 TEUs, with the average vessel size at 14,465 TEUs.
These new deployments...