Alan Peat
THE FORTNIGHTLY SA-West Africa service from Maersk Sealand is now offering through bills of lading to Chad and other Central African countries.
This follows the creation of a landside handling and transport network by Maersk Logistics, which recently opened in Douala, Cameroon, the access port for the shipping service.
Two intermodal inland depots - working as rail/road hubs - have been setup, and the line's Cameroon operation has contracts with major trucking companies and the railways.
An electronic customs clearance process has also been established with the local customs software system PAGODE.
Eventually, a fixed-schedule block train from Douala to inland destinations is planned, Maersk Sealand's Melody Barber told FTW, with the West Africa service feeding import volumes of food products, paper, tyres and machinery into the Cameroon-Chad region.
The line has also opened Maersk Liberia in Monrovia and the country's three other main ports - a service which will also handle Safmarine's activities in the region.
Maersk Sealand has a fortnightly Europe-Liberia service.
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