Competitive feeder options on offer

When it comes to seafreight services, it’s as much about reliable and speedy transit times as it is about feeder connections – and according to Safmarine Africa’s Far East commercial manager, Gregory Marshall, competitive feeder options are an important element of the line’s service offering. Safari 1, Safari 3, FEW 2 and FEW 3 provide comprehensive coverage of South Africa, Namibia, West Africa, the Indian Ocean Islands and Mozambique. Marshall says the Safari 3 service serving South East Asia – which was upgraded in May this year – makes direct calls at the Mozambique ports of Maputo, Beira and Nacala as well as the Indian Ocean Islands of Madagascar, Reunion and Mauritius. “This service currently deploys 7 x 2100-TEU capacity vessels to ensure sufficient capacity for both dry and reefer cargo while the Safari 1 service is particularly attractive to shippers requiring fast transit times from Yantian (16 days), Ningbo (20 days) and Shanghai (22 days) to Durban.” A Cape Town call was introduced on both the west- and eastbound port rotations of the FEW 3 service in May this year, while the FEW 2 service offers shippers a direct call at Walvis Bay. CAPTION Gregory Marshall … speedy transit times.