UML caters for ‘out-of-gauge’ cargo

A recent addition to the services provided by groupage operator, United Maritime Logistics, is a competitive ‘full container’ rate, as well as attractive discounts off inland freight charges within the USA. The company has also added a breakbulk service for out-ofgauge cargo. Claude Nuttall, executive director of UML, told FTW that more customers had requested a service for cargo that cannot be loaded in normal general purpose containers. “For that reason we have set up a ‘special projects’ department specifically geared to handle cargo of this nature. “We anticipate steady growth on the USA to South Africa route, due to the specialised products that US manufacturers have to offer,” he added. UML offers a weekly seafreight consolidation service from New York to Cape Town, connecting shipments from all over the USA. The transit time from New York to Cape Town is 23 days.