PIL enhances South West Africa Container Service (SWS)

SINGAPORE : Pacific International Lines (PIL) is pleased to announce that we are enhancing our flagship South West Africa Container Service (SWS) to meet growing market demands and ensure a more reliable scheduling.

As part of this enhancement, our SWS will include a weekly direct calling at Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, reflecting PIL’s commitment on strengthening our network coverage of West Africa. The enhanced SWS will commence from 9 December 2024 on Kota Sydney departing Xingang, China.

The enhancement follows our earlier upgrade of SWS in April 2024, in which PIL has introduced 7,000 TEU vessels to this independent service. This strategic move aims to provide increased capacity and greater schedule stability for our customers.

Mr. William Ho, General Manager of Long Haul Trade, Line Management, at PIL said, “Africa is a key market for PIL. Having served the continent since the 1970s, PIL’s strong presence and extensive services now cover close to 30 countries in Africa. With our commitment towards ‘Putting Customers First’, we are firm on investing in this region by pushing boundaries and enhancing our service offerings, so that we can deliver more value to our customers!”

The enhanced rotation for the SWS service is as follows:

Xingang – Qingdao – Busan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Nansha – Singapore – Tema – Lome – Lagos (Apapa) – Onne – Abidjan – Singapore – Xingang