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Sallaum Lines awarded contracts with OEMs
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Sallaum Lines has secured contracts with leading OEMs for the movement of vehicles between the port of Durban in South Africa to markets in Europe. Shipments will begin in January 2022.
According to the companies, the vehicles will be transported to the UK through the port of Southampton, to Belgium through the port of Zeebrugge, and to Germany through the port of Bremerhaven.
“Sallaum Lines is honoured and excited to expand its partnership with leading OEMs,” says its vice-president, Sami Sallaum.
The companies have officially nominated Sallaum Logistics as its contract partner for finished vehicle logistics. Sallaum Logistics, which is located in Germany, has been providing finished vehicle logistics services for more than a decade.
“We are pleased to work with Sallaum Lines side by side to provide trimodal finished vehicle logistics services to the OEMs,” said Walid Sallaum, managing director of Sallaum Logistics. “We have proved a high level of commitment and a solution-oriented strategy to all our customers through the past years. Beside deep-sea services our companies are offering various services, including terminals and vehicle distribution.”
“Sallaum Lines is honored and excited to expand its partnership with leading OEMs”
Sami Sallaum, Sallaum Lines
Competitive services
The company is one of the top ten vehicle carriers globally and draws on decades of experience in moving vehicle volumes between the US east coast and Europe to north and west Africa. It is now looking to capitalise on backhaul trade through new tenders on its routes between South Africa and Europe – trade that promises to make its forwarding operations more efficient and sustainable, as well as optimising its global network. According to Kay Lemke, managing director of Sallaum Lines in Germany, vessels on the US and Europe to Africa lane have previously been loaded in one direction only. With the new contracts for Europe-bound vehicle volumes the company is able to fill vessels in the opposite direction.
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Sallaum Lines has followed a strategic path of vessel acquisition over the last decade and as new vehicle trade increases it will look to build on its fleet size with sustainable vessels conforming with IMO regulations. The company will also continue to work with charters, as it has done in the past. The company has thereby secured the additional tonnage required to secure capacity and frequency of sailings for OEMs when output rebounds.
