OTAL announces agreement with WAL & Delmas with an improved service to Nigeria (29/10/03)
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OT Africa Line (OTAL) is pleased to announce a new operational agreement with Germany's West-Afrika Linien-Dienste GmbH & Co (WAL) and French based Delmas. This agreement will strengthen OTAL's service on our North Europe - West Africa route and generally optimise capacity on the trade. The agreement will take effect from November 2003. A dual loop service will be offered as follows:

Rotation for the Weekly Container Service - No change:

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

First sailing: Ubangi, ETD Felixstowe 14th November.

New rotation for the Nigeria Express Service:

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

First sailing: Horizon, ETD Hamburg 09th November.

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

Rachel Bennett, OTAL's Marketing Manager adds:

" The restructuring of the Nigeria Express (formerly the Express service) has a net result of more frequent sailings and improved transit times. The latter improving significantly from 12 to 9 days."

" Through this service OTAL has strengthened its position by offering a fast, regular and reliable service to Nigeria embracing the oil and gas sector as well as general and containerised cargo. Our service has the additional benefit of calling at both Tin Can and Apapa. "

" The Nigeria Express also offers a new call to Felixstowe re-establishing a direct link between Felixstowe and Nigeria with a fast 16-day transit. Felixstowe will generally benefit from a West African bound vessel departing every 4 days."

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

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