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UPDATE - SAFMARINE - AFRICA AND SOUTH AFRICA
SAFMARINE - AFRICA AND SOUTH AFRICA
- Safmarine is widely known as the 'Africa Shipping Specialist'.
- Safmarine currently operates in 47 countries in Africa.
- Forecasts are that global container trade will grow at around 10% and Safmarine believes much of that growth is likely to come from Asia and Africa.
- Safmarine has played a pivotal role in opening up South Africa - and Africa's - trade routes since its formation in 1946. With more than 90% of South Africa's imports and exports moving by sea, Safmarine plays an important role in helping grow the local economy by boosting trade - and creating much-needed jobs for South Africans and Africans.
-The South African market remains a key and important component of the global Safmarine business. This is influenced by and due to a number of interlinking factors, including South Africa's strategic position on world trade routes, its importance in North / South trades, South Africa's prominent economic position in Africa and its strong economy and growing market.
- For Safmarine, South Africa is one of its largest single country markets in Safmarine - in fact South Africa accounts for approximately half of Safmarine's Africa import and export volumes.
-Currently more than 50% of Safmarine customer cargo connects to or from the African continent and the line continues to open up opportunities for African-based shippers to increase business with the rest of the world.
- Shipping volumes from Asia to Africa are growing two to three times faster than volumes between Africa and the continents of Europe and North America. China, currently one of the world's fastest growing economies, is growing at an average rate of close to 10% GDP per annum and Safmarine - which provides a total of 35 shipping services between the Far East and Africa - says Africa's trade with China is "booming".
- "Africa is one of Southern China's top trading partners and it is likely the strong economic and trade growth between the two continents will last for another one or two decades," says Safmarine's Africa Region Executive, Alan Jones.
THE A.P. MOLLER-MAERSK GROUP IN SOUTH AFRICA
- Safmarine (Pty) Ltd is the legal entity which represents the interests of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in South Africa
-Safmarine (Pty) Ltd was judged the winner of the Logistics, Shipping and Transport category in the 2007 'Best Company to Work For' (BCTWF) survey. Safmarine Pty Ltd beat six other industry companies to win the 'employer of choice' accolade.
- Safmarine (Pty) Ltd comprises the following entities: Safmarine, Maersk Line and Maersk Logistics, Southern Africa Transports Investments (SATI) with interests in container depots, Roadwing, a short-haul trucking company, International Delivery Company (IDC), a long-haul trucking company and Ocean Africa Container Lines, specialising in intra-Africa liner services.
- Since July 2005, A.P. Moller Terminals, a global terminal handling company, and Svitzer Wijsmuller, a global salvage company, have been operating in South Africa. Both are wholly-owned companies within the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group.
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