Grimaldi, ACL revise West African services

Grimaldi, ACL revise West African services    Grimaldi Lines, based in Naples, and its subsidiary Atlantic Container Line, are upgrading their multipurpose services to West Africa.
   In mid-January, Grimaldi will replace car carrier and conventional services between northern Europe and West Africa by multipurpose services.
   This means that Atlantic Container Line will use improved northern
Europe/West Africa services to connect with its transatlantic roll-on/roll-off/container service as part of its North America/West Africa transshipment service via Antwerp.
   Three separate northern Europe/West Africa links will be provided from mid-January, each offering a service dedicated to a different range of ports on the West African coast.
   The “Northern Express” service will call Tilbury, Hamburg, Antwerp, Le Havre, Bilbao, Dakar, Banjul, Conakry and Freetown on a nine-day frequency. The “Central Express” link will call Amsterdam, Hamburg, Tilbury, Antwerp, Le Havre, Dakar, Abidjan (with feeders to Matadi and Boma), Tema, Lagos, Douala, Abidjan and San Pedro on an eight-day frequency. The “Southern Express” loop will call Hamburg, Antwerp, Le Havre, Setubal, Dakar, Lome, Cotonou, Pointe Noire, Luanda, Libreville and Abidjan on a 10-day frequency.
   Atlantic Container Line said it will issue through bills of lading to all of these African ports for containers and all types of uncontainerized cargo.