Hapag-Lloyd has renewed its liner agency agreement with GAC Nigeria, following its merger with the United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) earlier this year.
Shipping Position Daily gathered last week that, under the new agreement, GAC will handle all aspects of Hapag-Lloyd/UASC’s business in Nigeria including husbandry services, sales, customer service and the import and export of a large number of containers.
This comes after five years of cooperation since Hapag-Lloyd and GAC Nigeria signed their first liner agency agreement for which a dedicated team and office was set up specifically to handle all its activities in the country.
The merger of the two shipping lines is expected to result in a substantial increase in business for Hapag-Lloyd in Nigeria.
Speaking on the development, GAC Nigeria’s General Manager for Liner Services, Casper Bahnson, says: “Securing the new agreement with Hapag-Lloyd after the merger is a clear sign of the robust relationship we developed over the last five years. I have no doubt that our joint efforts we will increase their presence in Nigeria.”
Following the merger, Hapag-Lloyd is expected to deploy some of the largest vessels able to call at Nigerian ports and set up a new dedicated service for West Africa which will call directly to Nigeria.
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