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shipowning group A.P. Møller-Mærsk has yielded the company Safmarine MPV to the NileDuch Dutch
By April the services between Europe and the West Africa will be operated under the new brand NileDutch MPV
March 17, 2016
Shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk confirmation own escape from the segment of Multi Purpose Vessels (MPV) with the cession of the society integrally controlled Safmarine MPV, specialized in the offer of services of line for the West Africa, to the shipowning society Dutch NileDuch, also it specialized in the containerized marine services between Europe and the West Africa. From the next month the services between the European ports and the ports of currently carried out the western coast of Africa from Safmarine MPV will continue to being operated under the new brand NileDutch MPV.
In recent days Belgian Safmarine MPV, that she had a fleet of five multipurpose ships of property that is sold in the course of 2015, had announced the cession, with effect from 1°th February, of own services between the South Africa and the West Africa to the marine group and logistic South African Fairseas International.
"The widening of our offer of services guaranteed from this transaction - the executive director of the Belgian company has commented today, Jan Willem de Braal - will allow with NileDutch to increase own operating competitiveness in the within of the shipping total. With so many infrastructural projects in course, in particular in West Africa, this diversified offer offers to NileDutch a real advantage and it will allow us to pick a greater number of opportunity of business in the fields of the equipments for the energy, infrastructures, the mining extraction and agriculture".
"As a result of the cession of the ships of property of Safmarine MPV in the 2015 - the managing director of Safmarine MPV, Jorg Knuttel has explained - today's agreement marks the entire sale of Safmarine MPV, that anniversary 2015 of the Maersk group was preannounced in the report. For years - it has emphasized - Safmarine MPV has demonstrated that breakbulk and the container constitutes an optimal combination, therefore this acquisition has been an obvious choice. It is NileDutch that Safmarine MPV is specialized in the West Africa with a great experience and a strong attention to the services to the customers and the personal relations. Therefore I am pleased that our activities will continue which part of NileDutch".
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Shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk confirmation own escape from the segment of Multi Purpose Vessels (MPV) with the cession of the society integrally controlled Safmarine MPV, specialized in the offer of services of line for the West Africa, to the shipowning society Dutch NileDuch, also it specialized in the containerized marine services between Europe and the West Africa. From the next month the services between the European ports and the ports of currently carried out the western coast of Africa from Safmarine MPV will continue to being operated under the new brand NileDutch MPV.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
