Maiden visit for Safmarine Akwaba

THE SAFMARINE Akwaba, one of two Chinese-built vessels serving the line’s recently-launched monthly Asia and West Africa multipurpose vessel (MPV) service, made its maiden call at the Maydon Wharf terminal in Durban on Sunday (August 31). The vessel will call at a number of major West African ports in Angola, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea among others. It departed Maydon Wharf terminal on Monday.