By Martina Li 25/01/2024South Korea’s flagship liner operator HMM has become a partner of Spain’s Sea & Ports Group, as it eyes cargo business in North Africa. Sea & Ports operates intra-North Africa feeder services through a subsidiary, Marguisa, which will become HMM’s exclusive agent in Libya. And the move follows Sea & Ports’ entry into the North Africa market in 2022, with operations in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. He said: “West Africa in particular and Sub-Saharan Africa in general saw imports from the Far East grow more than 20% in 2023. At the same time, West Mediterranean and North Africa has grown by little more than 10%.
