Niledutch Upgrades The Europe - West Africa Trade
posted by AJOT | Feb 26 2016 at 08:53 AM | Liner Shipping
Starting in March, NileDutch, the container carrier specialized in connections to and from West Africa, will upgrade its services from Europe to West Africa by operating two loops.
Port rotation - WEWA
The existing West Europe – West Africa Service, known as WEWA, will be upgraded to weekly sailings and will start on March 9, with the following port rotation:
Antwerp - Le Havre - Leixoes by rail to Lisbon - Lisbon - Algeciras - Tanger - Pointe Noire - Luanda - Lobito - Namibe - Abidjan - Tanger - Antwerp.
Port rotation - EUWA
A new service to Dakar and Abidjan will provide extra loading ports. This new Europe West Africa service (EUWA) will start on March 6 with the following port rotation:
Dunkerque - Tilbury - Antwerp - Dunkerque - Le Havre - Montoir - Tanger - Algeciras - Dakar - Abidjan - Dakar - Algeciras - Dunkerque.
NileDutch’s West African network
Pointe Noire (Congo) will serve as NileDutch’s hub for shipments to and from Douala, Libreville, Bata, Malabo, Boma, Matadi, Cabinda and Soyo.