PRESS RELEASE
PIL, together with China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL), is pleased to announce their co-operation in the China - West Africa trade commencing from Shanghai on 20th January 2015. The combined service, named SW2, will provide weekly sailings with twelve (12) Panamax vessels - seven (7) vessels provided by PIL and five (5) by CSCL.
The SW2 service offers a dedicated direct service with competitive transit times from Asia to West Africa with port rotation as follows:
Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Shekou, Nansha, Singapore, Lome, Tincan, Tema, Abidjan, Colombo, Port Kelang, Singapore, Shanghai.
As a lead carrier to Africa, PIL offers two (2) other direct China - West Africa services, one direct service from India/Middle East, and three (3) feeder services to complete its West Africa network (*see details below).
*Other PIL West Africa services
SWS : Dalian - Xingang - Qingdao - Incheon - Shanghai - Ningbo - Nansha - Singapore - Capetown - Lome - Lagos - Cotonou - Onne - Port Klang - Singapore - Dalian
SW3 : Xingang - Qingdao - Shanghai - Ningbo - Nansha - Singapore - Durban - Capetown - Pointe Noire - Luanda - Singapore - Xingang
AMI : Hazira - Nhava Sheva - Khor Fakkan - Jebel Ali - Mombasa - Durban - Lagos - Lome - Tema - Durban - Colombo - Hazira
West Africa feeders
WAF : Pointe Noire - Matadi - Pointe Noire
WA2 : Lome - Conakry - Freetown - Monrovia - Lome
WA3 : Lome - Libreville/Bata - Douala - Lome
PIL ranked 15th amongst the top containership operators in the world, owns and operates a fleet of 162 vessels with a total capacity of about 381,000 TEUs. PIL operates container liner services covering the whole of the Far East to Europe, Canada, the Indian sub-continent, Middle East Red Sea/Gulf, East Africa, South/West Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, East and West Coast of South America, U.S. West Coast, and the Black Sea. It has a dedicated network of feeder services covering a comprehensive range of ports in South East Asia, the Bay of Bengal, the East Coast of India, West Africa, and the Pacific Islands. PIL is also offering a direct link for project and break bulk shipment through its Multi Purpose Service between the Far East and Africa / India Sub-continent