By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar)– The globe’s second biggest container delivery line, MSC, has actually revealed strategies to go into the set up deepsea roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) industry.

The Geneva- headquartered service provider will certainly introduce a biweekly ro-ro solution in between North Europe and also West Africa on 19 February, with a port turning of Le Havre-Antwerp-Dakar-Conakry-Abidjan-Le Havre

The solution will certainly release 2 vessels, the MSC Immacolata and also MSC Cristiana, 2 pure cars and truck- and also truck-carrier (PCTC) sis ships constructed by STX in Dalian and also supplied in 2012 and also 2011 specifically, each with a capability of 6,700 ceu [car equivalent units] and also possessed by Greek shipowner Nikki Shipping.

MSC claimed: “In addition to rolling or wheeled cargo, this new service will have the flexibility to cover a range of out-of-gauge and breakbulk cargo, which will be typically large, heavy pieces or critical equipment for specific projects.”

The solution will certainly pitch MSC right into straight competitors with Italian ro-ro service provider Grimaldi, which runs 4 solutions in between both areas– Northern Express, Central Express, Southern Express and also Eurocargo Express– with straight telephone calls at 20 ports in West Africa.

Grimaldi runs 22 multi-purpose ro-ro vessels on the profession, each able to suit concerning 2,500 lane metres of rolling freight, as much as 2,500 automobiles and also 850 containers on their weather condition deck.

The line has actually sited its local transhipment center at Senegalese center of Dakar, where it links its solutions out of both North Europe and also the Mediterranean right into West Africa with its transatlantic solutions to South and also North America.

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