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RCL has announced the November launch of a Far East-Africa (REA) shipping service, the first direct link between Qingdao and Dar Es Salaam.
The 56-day rotation is Qingao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Port Klang, Mombasa, Dar Es Salaam, Port Klang, Qingdao.
An RCL spokesperson said: “East Africa expansion is always in our pipeline,” but added: “We do have plans to expand into the land-locked countries like Uganda and Rwanda, not only just the base Mombasa and Tanzania.”
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