Thanks to the deployment of four latest-generation con-ro vessels (including G5-class ships), there are now departures every fifteen days from the Chinese ports of Ningbo and Taicang–Shanghai to Durban, and then from there to Lagos.
The transit time offered by the Grimaldi Group from China to Durban is the best on the market: only 18 days. Equally advantageous is the transit time between the South African port and Lagos—just nine days. Durban has therefore become a crucial hub for national trade flows, both for imports from China and exports to West Africa.
And that’s not all: through transshipment at the PTML terminal in Lagos—the largest ro-ro terminal in West Africa, owned by the Grimaldi Group—cargo originating from China and South Africa can continue its journey with fast and frequent connections to major West African ports, including Abidjan, Tema, Douala, Dakar and Casablanca, as well as to South America, notably the Brazilian ports of Santos and Paranaguá.
