9 ships being built for Ethiopian Shipping Lines S.C.

Addis Ababa, June 25, 2011 (Addis Ababa) - Nine ships are being built for the Ethiopian Shipping Lines S.C. with a view to enabling the company give reliable transportation service to export and import goods.
Company Managing Director, Ambachew Abraha said at a consultation forum of customers here on Friday that seven of the vessels are multipurpose while the rest are to transport petroleum. Ambachew said the ships will significantly contribute to build the overall capacity of the company and also to give reliable transportation service to export and import goods. He said the company's capacity is getting strengthened from year to year in transportation of the export and import goods. The company has given special attention to transport the necessary materials for construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Ambachew said, adding, construction of the Dam has created additional jobs for the company and the business community as well.
He said the company has exerted utmost efforts to launch dry port and multimodal transport service. Currently, two dry ports are giving services in the country. The dry ports helped to reduce unnecessary cost caused by delay of import goods at Djibouti Port, he said. He said establishing additional dry ports and strengthening multimodal transport service is significant as the country's economy is growing.(ENA)