MSC to start Europe/West Africa loop

MSC to start Europe/West Africa loop    Geneva, Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Co. will at the end of this month start a weekly service connecting North Europe and West Africa.
   The service will use five ships of about 1,500 TEUs and will call Antwerp; Felixstowe; Le Havre; Las Palmas, Canary Islands; Tema, Ghana; Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Las Palmas; and back to Antwerp.
   The containership “MSC Togo” will start the loop when it departs from Antwerp Oct. 27.
   MSC will offer transshipment connections via Las Palmas on it’s dedicated shuttle services to Dakar, Senegal; Lom', Togo; Cotonou, Benin; Lagos, Nigeria and Douala in Cameroon.