UASC expands in South America

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), a leading container shipping line and emerging global carrier, recently appointed The Ultramar Group as its local liner shipping agency partner in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. This appointment is the latest milestone in UASC's expanding presence in South America and will be instrumental to UASC's growth plans.

Ultramar has a long-standing, successful history in South America providing agency, ports and logistics services in 16 countries and covering all the main ports. UASC's decision to select Ultramar as its local agency partner in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay marks a significant expansion in the relationship between the two companies. This news also follows the November 2014 announcement of UASC's long-term general cooperation agreement with The Hamburg Sud Group, providing UASC's customers with broad access to the East Coast of South America.

Serving all major ports along the Brazilian East Coast and the River Plate, UASC's customers will have access to an enhanced product offering for the South American East Coast. Under the Hamburg Sud cooperation, UASC's services from North Europe to South America East Coast and Mediterranean to South America East Coast will commence in mid-April. The first sailing from Asia to South America East Coast is scheduled for the beginning of July.
This announcement follows news of UASC's growing reefer fleet, which was recently boosted with an order for an additional 2,000 reefer units from Daikin. With an average age of just three years, UASC's reefer fleet is one of the youngest in the industry and this latest order will directly support enhanced access to the South America trades for chilled and frozen cargoes.

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