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WeFreight launches in Kenya,

establishes Africa operations

lobal freight forwarder WeFreight The company's initial focus in Kenya
Ghas opened for business in Kenya, will be facilitation of FCL and LCL
with an office in Nairobi and future ocean freight imports, supported
plans to establish a presence in by customs clearance services,
Mombasa as its Kenya staff, currently while also offering a full range of
numbering 10, expands. The Kenya air freight solutions for customers
launch establishes a gateway for requiring faster freight shipping.
WeFreight's air and ocean freight In addition, WeFreight will provide
forwarding business on the African project logistics services, dry bulk German shipping and
continent, where it will offer all the vessel charters, refrigerated and
logistics products and services typical temperature-controlled shipping, logistics firm Harren Group
of a large operator with global reach. and warehousing. opens first office in Africa

erman shipping and logistics expert
GHarren Group extends its presence
in Africa by opening its first office on the
continent. Harren Nigeria in Lagos is led
by Managing Director Paul Okpurughre.
"The new office represents the entire
Harren Group and serves as a basis for
further business development in West
Africa," explains Paul Okpurughre, former
Director Business Development and
Operations (MEA) at SAL Heavy Lift.
West Africa represents about 30 per cent of
Africa's total population, while Nigeria has
the largest economy in Africa, even ahead
of South Africa.

Swissport handles record tonnage of fresh meat at Dar es Salaam Airport in Tanzania
wissport Tanzania has reached a new
Srecord in the handling of fresh meat at
Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es
Salaam (DAR). In the first six months of the
fiscal year of Swissport Tanzania Ltd. (March
to March), the world's leading provider of
aviation ground services increased the tonnage
of fresh meat exports by almost 50 per cent
compared to the first half of the previous fiscal
year. At DAR airport, Swissport is the only
air cargo handler to provide temperature-
controlled cargo facilities and perishable
handling services. The fresh meat handled by
Swissport in Tanzania is flown to the Middle
East, specifically to Kuwait, Qatar, Oman
and the UAE. "The recent export figures
reflect an increasing demand for fresh meat
products. And they indicate that the Middle
East is a reliable export market for Tanzanian
producers," says Dirk Goovaerts, Swissport's airport, only Swissport provides temperature range between +2°C to
Head of Continental Europe, Middle East cooling facilities and the processes +8° C or at -20°C during the entire
& Africa and Global Cargo Chair. At DAR required to keep these products in a handling process on the ground.

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