GHANA's African Independent Coastal Services (AICS),
which runs its 650-TEU Adobia a multi-purpose ship from Abidjan to Tema port
near Accra, has signed an agreement to move containers along the cabotage
Tema-Takoradi route for Israeli carrier Zim.
It aims to add more scheduled calls to other West African
ports in the near future. This first deal for AICS in a long-term contract of
carriage is likely to be followed by other joint partnerships of lines that do
not operate at Takoradi port, according to analysts cited in a report from
Netherlands-based GhanaWeb.
The feeder service will deploy its geared 8,475-dwt
Adobia cargo vessel to support growing demand in African box volumes forecast
to increase by 10 per cent in 2013. Takoradi port, Ghana is expected to reach
annual throughput of 700,000 TEU by year-end.
AICS launched a Ghanaian flagged, registered, crewed and
owned coastal shipping service last year. It acquired the first vessel, and
only cargo ship on the Ghananian ship register.
Source : HKSG.
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