Safmarine has upgraded its SAFWAF (South Africa–West Africa) MPV service in order to better serve the local project cargo market. Transit times have been improved and a third vessel introduced to provide flexibility, additional capacity and ports of call in the northern range ports in Nigeria, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea, says MPV national sales manager Mark Day. The service enhancements are designed to give South African-based customers access to new markets and reduce costs should ports be congested. “The idea is to have a flexible service that limits the number of calls a single vessel has to make to a particular port,” he said. The upgraded service started in April this year with the sailing of the Safmarine Soyo.
