Today, NileDutch, the West Africa specialist container line, announced the acquisition of the Europe to West Africa services and operations from Safmarine MPV, an independently run multi-purpose vessel business owned by Maersk Line. The acquisition complements and expands the service offering of NileDutch to customers of containerized, oil & gas, project and conventional cargo to carry a mix of cargo on the same vessel under a single bill of lading.
According to COO Jan Willem de Braal the extension of the service offering delivered by this transaction enables NileDutch to enhance its operational competitiveness in global shipping and allows the firm to seize more business opportunities in the fields of energy equipment, infrastructure, mining and agriculture.
The operations of Safmarine MPVs Europe to West Africa services will continue as NileDutch MPV with the first sailing commencing in April 2016.
