Safmarine's newbuilt to join AMEX service

South African Marine Corporation Limited has recently named its latest container ship the ‘Safmarine Nile'.

It is the third in a series of five Safmarine sister ships built at the Hegemann Group-owned Volkswerft shipyard in Stralsund, Germany. The 2,474TEU ‘Safmarine Nile' is the fifth vessel to be named in as many months by the shipping company, which is currently mid-way through an extensive fleet expansion programme, the largest in the Safmarine's 62-year history. The new vessel will join the ‘Safmarine Ngami' and ‘Safmarine Nyassa', named earlier this year, on the weekly South Africa/USA (AMEX) service which uses eight 2,300TEU vessels. The southbound port rotation for the AMEX service is: Newark, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston, Freeport, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban.
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