Hapag-Lloyd has added to its West African network with the opening of an office in Dakar, Senegal.
The office provides better access to the West African market, said Hapag-Lloyd. The team in Dakar will be made up of 15 shipping experts and will be led by Fahd Caunhye, country manager Senegal.
From Dakar, Hapag-Lloyd connects the country via its Dakar Express Service (DEX) with the main ports of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Project freight forwarder network Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) has appointed Dilip Bhandari as an advisor for Africa.
Chipolbrok’s multipurpose vessel Chipolbrok Galaxy has been busy picking up and delivering project cargo for projects in Europe, North Africa, the Suez Canal and Asia via the Suez Canal.
Members of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) have been busy with project moves, with Airland Logistics delivering heavy machinery for a mining project in Botswana and Ambercor Shipping handling a heavy cylinder unit from Belgium to the USA.
Netherlands-headquartered Breadbox Shipping Lines is opening an office in Cyprus, which will manage the carrier’s commercial activities from the Mediterranean to West, South and East Africa.
Atlantic Container Line (ACL) said that it will resume calls at Baltimore for containers, cars and ro-ro cargo.
CPC Coli Project Cargo in Istanbul, a subsidiary of Germany’s COLI Group, completed more than 12 industrial projects in the first quarter of 2024. With more contracts in the orderbook, and an expansion of the multipurpose fleet on the cards, the outlook is positive.
