The run will be operated by its Casablanca-based subsidiary OPDR Maroc, formed in January this year.

Three 700-teu OPDR-owned feederships will serve the route from Agadir from 16 October.

Argan Express is “especially designed for temperature-controlled cargo and offers short transit times to South and Northern Europe including Russia,” it said.

It will call in Spain, England and the Netherlands, with connections to Scandinavia and Russia.

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