SAFMARINE TO ADD EUROPE/CANADA SERVICE

SAFMARINE TO ADD EUROPE/CANADA SERVICE    Safmarine, a liner shipping unit of the A.P. Moller Group, said it will introduce a new service between North Europe and Montreal, with relay to Toronto and the U.S. Midwest.
   The service, called the 'Big-Leaf Maple, will use three containerships of 2,700 to 2,800-TEU capacity.
   Montreal is linked directly with Felixstowe, Rotterdam and Bremerhaven, while Antwerp, Le Havre, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Cleveland and New York are served via relay under Safmarine management and with through bills of lading.
'    Relay options to West Canada are available and in Europe intermodal connections to Scandinavia, the Mediterranean region and central/East Europe are offered.