THE SAFARI consortium is to increase its fleet size from the current nine ships to 13 vessels, according to a reliable source in the multi-line group.
This temporary measure - expected to be from April to September - is to cope with an anticipated increase in Safari's westbound volumes and to meet the demands of eastbound SA export fruit traffic.
A massive increase in tonnage is planned - with four additional ships of 800 TEU (twenty foot equivalent unit) capacity due to join the nine larger vessels already in service.
It is understood that contracts for much of this seasonal surge in oriental traffic volumes have been concluded.
The Safari consortium - a vessel sharing agreement between K Line, Maersk, MISC, Mitsui OSK, P&O Nedlloyd and Safmarine Container Lines (SCL) - operates on the Southern Africa, South East Asia, China, Japan and Korea trade route.
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