Car carrier appoints new owner's rep

CAR CARRYING major Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has appointed Captain Goeran Soderdahl as its new owner’s representative based in Durban. “It’s evidence of our strong commitment to the South African market,” says Soderdahl, who arrived in South Africa last month. He previously headed up quality and safety for Europe, a portfolio which encompassed the South African operation. Soderdahl sees significant growth potential for the line on the SA route. “We will be looking at opportunities to link South Africa into our other services. “We are keen to expand our service offering to include our other products like supply chain management, vehicle processing and inland distribution which we offer through the WWL-CAT JV, ” he told FTW. The line currently offers a fortnightly service from Europe, calling at Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban and loading cargo for Oceania. A recent caller at Durban, the Fidelio, was the largest car-carrier ever to visit South Africa. Designed to carry up to 8 000 cars at a time, the vessel is the second of five sister ships to join the fleet.