Hanjin Shipping to launch West Africa Service

Hanjin Shipping announced that it is introducing West Africa Service with UASC effective March 1st, 2010.

Named WAF (West Africa Service), this new service will be running between Valencia, Lagos, Cotonou, Tema and Abidjan with 2 of 1,700TEU class ships, 1 deployed by Hanjin Shipping and the other by UASC.

Hanjin Shipping comments that the introduction of WAF will not only enable the company to expand its presence in Africa, one of the world's fastest growing markets, but also to better service quality by extending the scope of its service range.
In addition, Hanjin Shipping reveals that they are planning to change the calling port from Valencia to Algeciras this coming April, in accordance with the opening of the company's new dedicated terminal in the region, which is expected to become a new logistics hub in the Mediterranean and West African regions for Hanjin Shipping.
Meanwhile, Hanjin Shipping is continuing to seek opportunities to cooperate with partner carriers in service-launching and more in order to satisfy the various needs of its customers.

(Source: Transport Weekly)