SupplyChain Magazine January 2015 | Page 70

MAERSK LINE EAST AFRICA
Safmarine truck

“ Currently , it often costs far less to ship a container from China to East Africa than it does to truck that same container to its final destination in the region ”

– Steve Felder
Uganda , South Sudan and parts of Rwanda . The central corridor starts in Dar Es Salaam and services Tanzania , parts of Rwanda , Burundi and parts of Zambia , Malawi and eastern DRC . Felder points out that although Mombasa and Dar Es Salaam are the two main gateways and critical trade corridors , Maersk also has an office in Kampala , making it the only shipping line with a comprehensive full-service set-up in Uganda , with services including sales , customer relation management and documentation to collections . This positions the company well to service its customers in
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