DIRECT MONTHLY SERVICE, SPECIALIZED SHIPS, COMPETITIVE RATES, THE FASTEST TRANSIT TIME

Canada States Africa Line (CSAL) launched its direct service from Canada and the U.S. East Coast to South Africa with the sailing of M/V “ATLANTIC IMPALA” on March 24, 2008 from Montreal.

The main ports of call in North America initially were Montreal and Baltimore with Savannah added in August 2008; Houston and New Orleans were added in April 2009. South African ports of call are Durban, Richards Bay, Cape Town and Walvis Bay in Namibia. The service started with two vessels and a monthly frequency, which in September 2008 was improved to every 3 weeks with the expansion of the fleet. The fourth vessels joined the fleet on May 17, 2009 sailing out of Houston. Transit time between ports in North America and Durban is 22-32 days depending on rotation.

Currently, the Line deploys four sister vessels: M/V “ATLANTIC IMPALA”, M/V “ATLANTIC ACTION”, M/V “ATLANTIC RUNNER” and M/V “ATLANTIC NAVIGATOR”. These ships are extremely flexible, modern, multi-purpose tween-deckers, which have both ro-ro capabilities and heavy-lift gear. They are fitted to be able to carry all manner of bulk commodities, break-bulk, ro-ro, heavy-lift and oversized as well as hazardous cargoes.

Importantly, the vessels are of the highest ice class, which enables year-round operations in the St. Lawrence.

Freight coordination and operational centre for CSAL, north and southbound, is managed by CSAL Montreal.

Agents in South Africa are Mitchell Cotts Maritime, a division of Grindrod (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd.

For North America, CSAL has appointed Protos Shipping Ltd. as its agents in Canada and Worldwide Logistics Partners Inc. as its U.S. Midwest representatives.

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