OTAL announces agreement with Mitsui OSK Line and Delmas (17/06/03)
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OT Africa Line (OTAL) is pleased to announce a new operational agreement with Japan's Mitsui OSK Line (MOL) and French based Delmas. This agreement will strengthen OTAL's service on their North Europe - West Africa route and generally optimise capacity on the trade. The agreement will take effect from October 15th 2003. A dual loop service will be offered as follows:

Rotation for the Weekly Container Service:

	Felixstowe
Montoir Dakar (San Pedro) Abidjan Tema		Antwerp Le Havre Montoir   Dakar Abidjan Lome
	Cotonou

First sailing: Nicolas Delmas, ETD Felixstowe 18/12/03

New rotation for the Nigeria Express Service:

	Hamburg
(San Pedro) Abidjan Lagos Tin Can		Antwerp Le Havre Dakar Conakry Abidjan
	Lagos Apapa

First sailing: Patricia Delmas, ETD Hamburg 25/10/03

Note: San Pedro call is exclusively a northbound call and offered on a seasonal basis.

OTAL's weekly ro-ro service remains unchanged and is not part of this agreement.

This is not the first time that the Bolloré Group has teamed up with Mitsui OSK Lines. This new development seals a relationship that has already been in existence for many years in one form or another. MOL (West Africa), or MOLWAF, was created in 2001 to help develop and strengthen sales and customer service along the West African coast in co-operation with an existing agency network.

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