GAC and GETMA International in global agency network tie-up

Container lines and markets are excluded from the agreement.

The GAC-GETMA alliance covers all Francophone countries in West Africa including: Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Rep. of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo ( Ex Zaire ), Gabon, Guinea (Conakry), Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo, and Mauritania.

Founded in 1978, GETMA International is part of the NECOTRANS GROUP and is present in 23 West African countries through its subsidiaries.

Lars Heisselberg, GAC Group Vice President, Shipping Services, says:

"GAC and GETMA International have been working together for the past ten years so this alliance is a natural development. Our closer ties and GETMA's extensive local knowledge will enable us to develop new offshore support services in the rapidly growing West African market and provide a strong complement to GAC's existing operations in the Continent."

Jean-François Ollivier, General Manager of GETMA International, welcomed its alliance with a well-established global organisation like GAC. He says: "GAC's global presence will enhance GETMA's market coverage and international profile as well as gives us the opportunity to develop joint logistics services to and from any new areas."

The GAC global agency network is an important growth model for the GAC Group to enhance its position as a more integrated and diversified service provider with in-depth local expertise. GAC has rapidly expanded its global agency network through strategic tie-ups with suitable partners in its target geographical expansion areas over the last five years.

The company's global network agents today include Alstons (Trinidad & Tobago), Aarus (Spain), OBC Shipping (United Kingdom), Unipros (Republic of Korea), Kudrat Maritime (Malaysia), Wilford & McKay (Panama), Vensport (Venezuela), Ultramar Network (Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay), Ukranian Maritime Agency (Ukraine), Wilson & Sons (Brazil) and Seaforth (East Africa).