Pressure to ease on perishable shippers as Africa Express Line expands capacity

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The pressure on conventional reefer capacity could be eased later this year when Africa Express Line, the shipping subsidiary of French fruit conglomerate Compagnie Fruitière, begins operating four rebuilt conventional reefer vessels.

Although the exact dates have yet to be determined, Compagnie Fruitière’s recently appointed director of logistics and port development Robert Mant told delegates at this week’s Cool Logistics Africa conference in Cape Town that the vessels are due to go into a shipyard in Shanghai in July, where they ...