Rickmers-Linie, the Hamburg based operator of heavy lift and project liner services, is now actively serving Bangladesh and Sri Lanka with direct calls in Chittagong and Colombo respectively. It has therefore appointed new agents in these two countries. In addition, a new agency has been selected in the Port of Nantes St Nazaire in France. All have been appointed with immediate effect.
Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, the new agent is HSR Ocean Trades, located in Chittagong. Contact details are:
HSR Ocean Trades
Bashar Square (4th floor)
108 Agrabad Commercial Area
Chittagong
Bangladesh
Tel: +880 31 2516354
Fax: +880 31 2520054
Email: hsr@colbd.net
The individual responsible in the agency for the Rickmers-Linie service is Shaffiuddin Rony whose email address is Ronyhsr@gmail.com
Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, the new agent is Diamond Shipping Services (Pvt) Ltd, located in Colombo. The company also has a branch office in Galle. Contact details for the Colombo office are:
Diamond Shipping Services (Pvt) Ltd
PO Box 1125
46/5 Robert Senanayake Building
Navam Mawatha
Colombo-2
Sri Lanka
Tel +94 11 23 44 56 5-7
Fax: +94 11 24 37 315
Email: diamond@diamondshipping.com
www.diamondshipping.com
France
In October 2011, Rickmers-Linie announced that it had won a longterm contract to transport fuselage sections for Airbus from Morehead City, North Carolina (NC) to Montoir (Port of Nantes St Nazaire) in Northern France. The fuselage sections are designed for the Airbus A350 XWB series.
Taking advantage of these regular calls, Rickmers-Linie has now appointed an agent in the Port of Nantes St Nazaire, namely Sogebras. This company will seek to attract additional local cargo that could be loaded or discharged in Montoir. Its contact details are as follows:
