CONSORTIUM
HISPANIA
LINES S.A.
UNITED ARAB
SHIPPING
COMPANY (S.A.G)
WEST EUROPEAN
CONTAINER LINES
CHINA SHIPPING
CONTAINER LINES
SPANFREIGHT
SHIPPING LTD
PAN AFRICA
LINE
                       
                       
 
 
CHINA SHIPPING CONTAINER LINES: Please Select
Wax Services
China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL), part of the China Shipping Group, is a Shangai based shipping company that operates over 100 container vessels with a slot capacity over 120,000 TEU. This ranks them amongst the biggest shipping companies in the world with regular liner services to many parts of the world in addition to extensive coastal feeder services in the Asian region linking ports between Japan and the Middle East to their various hub ports.

CSCL commenced a new service from the Far East & South East Asia to and from South Africa & West Africa during the latter part of 2001 in a ten vessel sharing agreement with two other lines. This service is called the WAX service and is one further step by CSCL towards their goal of becoming a truly global carrier. Seaclad Maritime Pty Ltd was appointed agents in South Africa from inception of this WAX service.

Actual ports of call for this service can be seen in schedules on this website with an extensive list of on-carriage destinations being served under single Bills of Lading on various CSCL feeder services. For further details please contact any of the Seaclad Maritime offices on this website.

You may also view details of China Shipping at the following address http://www.cnshipping.com/
 
     
CONSORTIUM HISPANIA LINES S.A.: Please Select
Mediterranean Services
Consortium Hispania Lines S.A (CHL) is a Spanish shipping line who is a member of the Europe Southern Africa Conference (E.A.S.C) servicing the trade through Southern Africa Europe Container Services (SAECS). CHL offers a containerized weekly service for the trade between Southern Africa, West and East Mediterranean, North Spain, Portugal as well as Malabo and Bata.

Consortium Hispania Lines, S.A. (CHL)
Rambla de Cataluna. 38, 5
08007 Barcelona

Telephone: +34 93 4870688
Fax: +34 93 4877959
Email: chlben@abaforum.es
 
   
PAN AFRICA LINE: Please Select

South Africa / West Africa

Pan Africa Line is a Curacao registered shipping line, which started its shipping activities at the beginning of 1995 with regular sailings from South African ports (Durban / Cape Town ) to West Africa (Walvis Bay / Dakar Range), with multi-purpose vessels for container traffic as well as conventional cargoes.

PAL started its service to meet the needs of the expanding exports markets of the South African industry, in particular to West Africa, with intentions to expand into other markets between West Africa and India, South East Asia v.v.

PAL is part of the international UAL/HMT group and draws the resources of the group's knowledge and experience in West Africa dating back to 1975 and the existing network of agencies and own offices throughout the West African Coast.

PAL offers regular sailings with multi-purpose vessels with self sustaining ship's gear, capable of handling general cargo and containers as well as reefer containers from the ports of Durban and Cape Town in South Africa and from the port of Walvis Bay of Namibia, with calls to ports along the West African coast.

PAL is concentrating mainly on the Angolan ports of Luanda, Lobito, Soyo and Cabinda, the Nigerian port of Lagos and the outports Warri, Port Harcourt, Calabar, to Ghana, Port of Tema, Takoradi. All other ports on the West African coast like Pointe Noire, Port Gentil, Libreville, Douala, Malabo, Lome Abidjan, Conakry and Dakar will be called on inducement.

More information about the lines activities will be given through PAL's General Agent in the Netherlands, being HMT International Shipping & Forwarding B.V. in Rotterdam.

PAL - a name to trust in West African Shipping.
 
   
SPANFREIGHT SHIPPING LTD: Please Select
Comores & East Africa
Founded in 1981 Spanfreight has grown to become one of east Africa's leading Ships Agencies with offices in Nairobi, Mombassa and Comoros. In addition to straight agency work Spanfreight also manages and operates the United Africa Feeder Service (UAFL). This is a common carrier feeder service which hubs out of Dar es Salaam and provides a 14 day service to Tanga, Moroni, Mayotte, Mutsamudu, Zanzibar, and Pemba. There are current plans to expand this service to increase tonnage as well as to extend the service to more regional ports.

Additionally Spanfreight Shipping Ltd also manages the interests of Eastbourne Maritime Inc. - a UK based company which trades commodities between the Far east and India to east Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. Cargo is carried on Eastbourne Maritime's own and chartered vessels.

Spanfreight Shipping Ltd
Spanfreight House
Moi Avenue

PO Box 99760
Mombasa
KENYA

Telephone: +254 11 221540
Fax: +254 11 312092

 
   
UNITED ARAB SHIPPING COMPANY (S.A.G): Please Select
United Arab Shipping Company was established in July 1976, jointly by the six shareholding states from the Arabian Gulf.

United Arab Shipping Company is the largest ocean carrier of dry cargo to the Middle East. UASC has assumed this position on its merits as a carrier providing first class service to its customers.

As a National Line, UASC maintains a unswerving commitment to serve the Arabian Gulf. UASC offers more services to the Arabian Gulf / Red Sea regions then any other single shipping line.

UASC offers a comprehensive range of containerized & break-bulk services between the Arabian Gulf, Red Sea and the major trade centres of the Far East, Europe, North / South America, South East Asia, East & South Africa and the Indian Subcontinent.

UASC owns a fleet of 46 ships, which are all maintained to the highest industry standards.

All UASC vessels are classed as Lloyds "100A1". USAC's shipping fleet consists of:

General Cargo Ships:
K Class: 31 ships - 23800 DWT each

Container Ships:
Feodosia: 2 ships - 860 TEU capacity each
A1 Class: 4 ships - 1240 TEU capacity each
A2 Class: 9 Ships - 2111 TEU capacity each

UASC operates a container fleet of around 63,000 boxes (86,000 TEU)
 
   
WEST EUROPEAN CONTAINER LINES: Please Select
W.E.C Lines which was founded 25 years ago is a 100% privately owned company based and registered with the Chamber of Commerce in Rotterdam. As part of the East Africa Conference they have established themselves as fore-runners in the shipping service into and out of East Africa. They have now expanded and are able to offer a world class service to ports around the globe.

For more information please visit their website http://www.weclines.com/