DHL launches new ocean freight lanes to Ghana, South Africa and Kenya

DHL Global Forwarding, the Deutsche Post DHL Group’s specialist for air and ocean freight, has established three new direct lanes from Germany to Ghana, South Africa and Kenya.

DHL says the energy, automotive and manufacturing sectors will benefit from these new services.

“Transit times for Less Than Container Load (LCL) shipments on the three new lanes between Bremen and Tema (Ghana), Cape Town (South Africa) and Mombasa (Kenya) will be shortened by 5 to 6 days,” said the German-based company in a statement.

Amadou Diallo, CEO, Africa and South Asia Pacific, DHL Global Forwarding, said, “In 2010, Germany exported some €20 billion worth of goods to Africa. The new LCL services to Tema, Cape Town and Mombasa will help German companies transport their goods faster to Africa, enabling more efficient trade. These new direct ocean freight lanes allow additional savings of up to 10% in CO2, when compared with the previous offering.”

According to DHL, it currently operates the world’s largest LCL network with close to 2,000,000 cubic meters of LCL freight handled annually via 45,000 point-pairs.

As a global leader in LCL, DHL carries more than 97% of its total volumes in-house.

By Ekow Quandzie