BOCS and UAL have decided to join forces in the Mediterranean

BOCS and UAL have started a new joint venture for the Mediterranean and Black Sea to and from West Africa.

The “UAL BOCS Shipping Line BV (UBSL)”, will be based in Capelle ad IJssel in the Netherlands and will not only continue the already existing UAL Mediterranean Service, but also expand by the additional expertise and tonnage from the BOCS group.

Together, the new service can draw on the eet of both existing shipping lines, totalling of 19 modern, geared MPP vessels ranging from 8.000 dwt until 33.000 dwt, equipped with ships gear up to 360 mt lifting capacity.“This was a logical step for UAL in the strengthening of our excellent relationship with BOCS. We are already successfully working together with them for years from the NW Europe continent to West Africa.

This cooperation has brought a lot of advantages for both our groups, as well as our clients. In the current market, it is extremely difficult to and vessel space for both ourselves and our clients. By sharing our tonnage, we still manage to full the needs of our clients in this tight market. The synergies are obvious, and with this new exciting joint venture we will extend these further for our Mediterranean and Black Sea Clients as well”, says Harald Maas, Director of Universal Africa Lines.

“We are very pleased to intensify our well-established collaboration with UAL. Again, our clientele will benefit from more flexibility, in particular an extended port coverage and an increased number of sailings. Furthermore, this step is another attempt to satisfy the needs of our customers, especially our long-term partners in West Africa”, says Björn Hollnagel, Managing Director of BOCS.

UAL Chartering in Copenhagen will act as commercial agent for this new joint venture.

For inquiries please contact:
UAL Chartering ApS
Vesterbrogade 24B, 4th
1620 Copenhagen
Phone: +45 5373 1350
Mail: projects@ualchartering.com
Web: www.ualchartering.com
Please also visit our websites www.universalafricalines.com and www.bocs.de for more information.