PSA Dongguan CT welcomes PIL south and West Africa loop

PACIFIC International Line (PIL) has expanded its existing RS3 service with the start this week of the South and West Africa Container Service 2 (SW2) that will also call at PSA Dongguan Container Terminal offering wider coverage of the African continent to Dongguan shippers.

The new rotation of the weekly SW2 service will be Dongguan-PSA DGCT, Huangpu, Nansha, Singapore, Durban, Onne, Apapa (Lagos), Lome, Abidjan, Durban, Port Louis, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Taichung and back to Dongguan.

China is Africa's third largest trading partner after the US and France. In 2009, the value of exports from Dongguan to Africa reached US$300 million with container shipments increasing steadily.

Singapore-based PIL's new service connects Dongguan to south and West Africa deploying deploy a series of 1,500 TEU class ships and will contribute "significantly to the growth of PSA DGCT," said a statement from the PSA the terminal operator.

PSA International is one of the leading global port groups. With its flagship operations in PSA Singapore Terminals and PSA HNN, PSA participates in 28 port projects in 16 countries across Asia, Europe and the Americas, with a global capacity of 111 million TEU and 66 kilometres of quay length.

Located on the Pearl River, PSA DGCT is one of the most important gateways in south China. PSA DGCT deploys state-of-the-art equipment including four post-panamax cranes and nine rubber-tyred gantry cranes. Together with an on-dock bonded warehouse, PSA DGCT is able to serve the needs of all shipping lines and shippers, said the statement.

(Source: www.schednet.com)