FRANCE DELMAS
January 1st, 2002
BY MARK ROWEFRENCH shipping line Delmas has begun a direct link between Singapore and East Africa to take advantage of growing container trade volumes with Asia. The East Africa-Far East service provides an 11-day connection between Singapore and Mombasa, compared with other indirect services that take up to 20 days.Using Singapore as its Asian transhipment hub, Delmas has added the new East Africa line to its existing services between the island and West African and Indian connections.The new East Africa service will take on several 1,700-TEU vessels re-deployed ...
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