According to Wagenborg, their fleet is visiting West African ports more and more regularly.
Wagenborg says that West Africa is emerging as a large trading area for them with many of their geared MPP vessels such as IJborg, Amazoneborg, and Aragonborg making recent voyages to the region.
The MV Aragonborg has loaded cokes in South America, destined for Owendo in Gabon. The MV Amazoneborg is sailing to Abidjan in Ivory Coast to load concentrates for the Saint Lawrence, while the MV IJborg is currently already loading this cargo type in Lüderitz, Namibia.
Over the last few months, Wagenborg has been working on a strategy to extend their sailing area to include West-Africa. “When looking at the current sailing area, the extension is a logical next step. Significant synergies can be seen between our fleet, existing key industries and the opportunities in the region. The regional development will be focused on the area from Senegal up to Cameroon, but specifically excluding Nigeria (for safety reasons) and from a fleet perspective on the 8.000t and larger vessel sizes.”
