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Hapag-Lloyd Modifies West Africa, Northern Europe Service

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

July 17, 2015

Photo: Hapag-Lloyd

Photo: Hapag-Lloyd

Standalone West Africa Express service (WAX) offers improved transit times, connection to Hapag-Lloyds global service network.


Effective August 10, Hapag-Lloyd will offer its customers an improved service between West Africa and Northern Europe, the company announced today. The new West Africa Express service (WAX) provides transits to and from key markets, for instance 13 days from Antwerp to Dakar, and from Abidjan to Antwerp in only 11 days.


The improved service will be the only direct full container service from Hamburg and neighboring countries to West Africa. The shipper will offer this service as a standalone solution with high reliability and multiple connections to its comprehensive global service network at major transshipment ports. The future port rotation will be Antwerp – Hamburg – Algeciras – Dakar – Tema – Abidjan – Antwerp.


“Within the last years we have seen continuous growth from and to West Africa due to rising investments, growing import and export volumes as well as an increased demand for selected products from West Africa. We are absolutely confident that, with the new service, Hapag-Lloyd offers its customers an excellent and competitive product from and to this emerging market,” said Michael Pradel, Managing Director Region Europe of Hapag-Lloyd.


The first sailing of the new service is Antwerp on August 10 followed by Hamburg on August 12.

 

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