Lome Container Terminal
Photo: MSC

Container lines are increasingly building transhipment connections to mitigate the effects of longer transit times and schedule disruptions caused by vessel diversions over the Cape of Good Hope.

In a move that industry sources noted was “unusual,” MSC has expanded the port rotation of its Indus Express service between India and the US east coast with a call at the port of Lome in Togo.  Lome is the only port on the coast of West Africa capable of servicing large container ...

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