Delivery taken of first new owned MPV

It is also the first in a series of six new MPV vessels to be delivered to Safmarine between 2010-2012.

Safmarine purchased two MPV vessels, the "Safmarine Sumba" and her sister vessel, while they were under construction at the Jiangsu Sugang Shipbuilding in China.

A further four new MPV builds, on order to Safmarine, are also being built at the Wuhu Shipyard in China.

Safmarine currently offers six regular MPV services linking West Africa with Europe, Asia, North America and South Africa. Direct calls are made at more than 60 ports on Safmarine’s MPV services, which accommodate the full range of cargoes, including containers, breakbulk cargoes (principally cocoa and coffee)/neo-bulk (timber, steel), project modules and oil and gas-related cargoes.

The new, owned vessel joins Safmarine’s existing MPV fleet of 14 chartered vessels.