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PRESS RELEASE - EUROPE-SA TRADE (SAECS)
Additional liner container service to cater for anticipated seasonal increase in refrigerated exports
November 3,2009
The SAECS (Southern Africa Europe Container Service) Lines have announced they will introduce an additional container service to accommodate primarily
the seasonal increase in refrigerated exports from South Africa to Europe during the period February to August 2010.
The service - to be known as the SAECS Reefer Express - will be flexed in terms of frequency and ports of call according to the seasonal demands of the perishable/refrigerated products market and will supplement the capacity provided by the main weekly SAECS Core Service.
Further details regarding the new service - which is planned to start early February 2010 - will be announced in due course.
ENDS
Note: The SAECS member lines are: Safmarine, Maersk Line, Deutsche Afrika Linien (DAL) and MOL.
Related images: Photos of the Safmarine Nomazwe, Safmarine Nokwanda and Safmarine Mafadi, three of the Safmarine vessels currently deployed on the SAECS Core Service.
Issued on behalf of Safmarine by:
Debbie Owen - Safmarine Media Manager
Debbie@communicators.co.za
+ 27 21 788 9962
ADDITIONAL INFO:
The difference between the SAECS Reefer Express Service and the SAECS Intermediate service:
a) The Reefer service is meant to cater primarily to the reefer demand while the Intermediate service (which was suspended in August 2009) served as a backup to the Core serivce.
b) The intermediate service was suspended in Aug 09 owing to the downturn in overall trade and is expected to remain suspended till there is a sharp improvement in trade flows.
c). The SAECS Reefer Express Service will be flexed to sufficiently cover the reefer trade demand in addition to the capacity to on the core. However if the overall trade sharply improves then SAECS will review the need to start up the Intermediate service as an addition or a replacement of the Reefer Express.
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