Leading Global Shipping Company Invests in Growing East African Market

Hapag-Lloyd 40ft Container

Hapag-Lloyd is continuing to focus on the growing market in East Africa. With annual growth rates of approximately six percent, the region tops the list on the African continent. Kenya, in particular, is developing with significantly rising import and export figures as well as massive investments in public infrastructure.

In April 2018 Hapag-Lloyd launched the East Africa Service (EAS), its first dedicated service to East Africa. The weekly service sails from Jeddah to Mombasa, and from there to...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2018/08/17/leading-global-shipping-company-invests-in-growing-east-african-market/

Hapag-Lloyd sumará 11,100 contenedores refrigerados

La naviera Hapag-LLoyd sumará 11 mil 100 nuevas unidades de contenedores refrigerados, los cuales se sumarán a la flota existente que totaliza en 91 mil reefers.

La entrega, según informó la firma alemana en un comunicado, se iniciará este mes y se completará en diciembre. Asimismo, indicó que ya tiene presencia “significativa” en el mercado de contenedores refrigerados y que ha invertido en nuevos equipos durante los últimos años, renovando una parte importante de su flota.

Desde 2015 e...

http://t21.com.mx/maritimo/2018/08/16/hapag-lloyd-sumara-11100-contenedores-refrigerados

Shipping Deal Makes Waves on SA Maritime Scene

President Cyril Ramaphosa, Durand Naidoo and Thuso Mhlambi

Childhood friends Durand Naidoo and Thuso Mhlambi have realized a lifelong ambition by becoming the first 100% black owned ship-owners in South Africa.

The 33-year-old owners of Linsen Nambi, the company they started in 2012, made maritime history as youth owners when they bought Grindrod’s Unicorn Bunker Services.

With their female empowerment partners, Women in Oil and Energy, they became the role model for the Government’s initiative to unlock transformation in the maritime – and liquid fuels...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2018/08/15/shipping-deal-makes-waves-on-sa-maritime-scene/