Maersk adjusts WAF2 capacity

   The ocean carrier Maersk Line raised capacity on its weekly Mediterranean-to-West Africa WAF2 loop by increasing the size of the vessels. 
   Once the changes are complete, the carrier will have replaced five of the six vessels on the WAF2 and average ship capacity will have increased nearly 15 percent, from 2,225 TEUs to 2,554 TEUs.
   The port rotation of the WAF2 remains Tangiers, Algeciras, Abidjan, Cotonou, Libreville, and Tangiers. 
   Maersk operates 10 other direct weekly services between Europe and West Africa, the WAF1, WAF3, WAF5, WAF6, WAF7, WAF8, WAF9, WAF10, WAF11, and WAF13. Of them, only the WAF6 similarly calls Abidjan and none of the others call either Cotonou or Libreville.
   The calls at Abidjan and Cotonou were added to the WAF2 immediately following termination of the four-ship average 1,226-TEUs WAF12 loop (reported by American Shipper on March 16) to continue providing direct connections between those ports and Maersk’s West-Mediterranean hubs in Tangiers and Algeciras. — ComPair Data, Ben Meyer