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CARS CARRIERS WEST AFRICA SERVICE – cristef.it

Transport of rolling freight, but also containers and project cargo, the “Africa Service” directly connects the Mediterranean with West Africa. With regular departures every 11 days for the rolling cargo, from the ports of Genoa, Leghorn, Salerno, to Casablanca, Dakar (11 days), Lome (17 days), Lagos(19 days),Cotonou(18 days),  and Abidjan(15 days). Further with transhipment in Dakar port and Lagos, we serve the ports of  Takoradi(Ghana), Conakry (Guinea 24 days), Freetown (Sierra Leone 33 days), Doula (Cameroon 30 days), Pointe Noire (Congo-Brazzaville 27 days), Libreville (Gabon 46 days),Banjul (Gambia 47 days) Tema (Ghana 26 days), and Luanda (Angola 28 days).

- Vehicles in roro can be carried only if empty, we can admit  other vehicle oveloaded but without tyres.

Documents to ship Vehicles to Africa: ask us wich documents you need to ship out your vehicle to Africa before to buy it, order to avoid problems when clearing!

- New service: full container from Italian ports to Kribi port ( Cameroun) in 30 days about

- roro0 service to  Malabo, Bata (Guinee Equatorial ) and to Conakry (Guinee) only in transhipment via Antwerp port.

Some vessels are equipped with cranes with lifting capacity up to 40 tons  and a stern ramp capable of loading rolling units weighing up to  150 tons.

Our service on demand include the pick up of the vehicles all over Italy and the transport to the loading port .

We can also  transport project cargo loading on Mafi .

Other services are:

  • Issuing of African Waivers called also E-CTN ( Electronic Cargo Tracking Note) or  BSC (Bordereau de Suivi Cargaison) are mandatory documents required for export to Africa.
    When shipping to West Africa note that apart from the usual documentation for maritime shipping (such as the invoice, packing list, certificate of origin and dispatch release), you must file an additional document called Waiver or Cargo Tracking Note. 

  • Export clearance both for private individuals as well for companies

  • Issuing export documentation , Bill of Lading

  • Warehousing of cars waiting for customer cancelling them from public vehicles register, transport of the car to departure terminal  ( this option is performed only in Genoa)

  • VIP service, this feature is dedicated to new and cars in sound conditions, payng a little amount is possible to let car’s carried with the new cars area that is better guarded by vessel’s staff.

  • Shipping documents in Africa by air courier service