OTAL Names New Vessel Kanilai After Gambian President's Home Town OT Africa Line (London) PRESS RELEASE July 18, 2002 Posted to the web July 18, 2002 In adhering to its tradition of naming vessels after prominent West African towns, OT Africa Line, the specialist West African carrier, has christened one of the two new 400 TEU vessels it is employing on its newly created North African feeder service, Kanilai, after the home town of the Gambian President, His Excellency Alhaji Dr Yahya A J J Jammeh. OTAL's sister company Delmas christened the other vessel Delmas Casablanca. Built in 1997 and registered under the German flag, Kanilai is capable of loading 230 TEU (at 14 tonnes each) and is fitted with 40 electrical points to accommodate 20ft and 40ft refrigerated containers. The vessel is 100 metres long, has a breadth of 17 metres and a depth of 9.25 metres. It has a deadweight of 6,366 tonnes, a gross tonnage of 4,320 tonnes and a net tonnage of 2,260 tonnes. Kanilai also has two cranes on board which each have a 35 tonne lift capacity. When working together, the cranes can offer a lift capacity of 70 tonnes at an 18 metre outreach or 50 tonnes with a 24 metre outreach. Consequently, they are able to transport heavy and otherwise awkward loads as well as containers and general cargo. -2- Both vessels, Kanilai and Delmas Casablanca, will be used on the North African feeder service. Introduced in June 2002 following a major service restructure, the service provides a weekly rotation between Dakar, Banjul, Nouakchott and Casablanca. The two feeder vessels will prioritise their rotation to meet OTAL's weekly Hebdo service in Dakar. Kanilai entered the North African feeder service in Morocco on 14 July 2002. -ends- Notes to editor: Voted Shipping Line of the Year at the IFW Freighting Industry Awards in 2000 and 2001, OTAL is one of the largest and longest established operators serving the trades to, from and within West Africa (Morocco-Angola). Established in 1975, the company operates a fleet of multipurpose ro-ro and container vessels. OTAL operates a range of transport services complementing its regular liner operations. These include West African terminal operations and liner agency services, customs clearance, cargo consolidation, shipping and airfreight handling, storage and warehousing, project logistics and trucking. The company delivers cargo throughout West Africa including inland destinations such as Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, Mali and Niger. For further information, please contact David Cheslin or Karen Baxter of Dunelm Public Relations on tel: +44 20 7480 0600 e-mail: [log in to unmask] website: www.dunelmpr.co.uk There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve. -Mike- Levitt- _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~