Atlantic Shipping moves into Suape

Liner company Atlantic Shipping has signed an agreement with Tecon Suape (TSSA), operator of the Suape Container Terminal in Pernambuco, Brazil, to commence a new service that will connect north and south Atlantic ports. The new service has the following port rotation: Suape-Cape Verde-Gambia-Guinea-Guinea Bissau-Liberia-Mali-Mauritania- Senegal-Sierra Leone-Boston. It is expected to intensify Brazil’s trading with the lucrative African Occidental Coast market and the United States mainland. Last year, Brazil contributed US$290 million of the total US$12 billion import goods of the African Occidental countries. The new trade route agreement was signed by Vitor DePina, President and CEO of Atlantic Shipping, and Sergio Kano, TSSA CEO. Initiated by the state government of Pernambuco and TSSA to facilitate the region’s trade export, the new service has lined-up at least 10 calls for the first year of the agreement.