Delmege Shipping appointed RCL Agent

AGENTS: One of the best known names in the shipping industry, Delmege Forsyth and Co. (Shipping) Ltd., a member of the Delmege Forsyth Group, was recently appointed the shipping agent in Sri Lanka for the prestigious Regional Container Lines (RCL).

Presently RCL owns and operates 41 container vessels covering more than 70 destinations in Asia, Australasia and the Middle East. RCL together with its two consortium partners, Hapag Lloyd and NYK have commenced a weekly service through Colombo, where vessel calls are on Mondays and will service the Far East Trade.

The recently introduced service known as the GPX service will have a port rotation of Port Kelang/Singapore/Karachi/Colombo/Port Kelang/Singapore. RCL will increasingly expand its feeder services and container liner business in Asia through the provision of high quality containership services with reliable fix day sailings, fast transit, the deployment of modern and high specification containerships and customer service information technology.

RCL fleet size ranges from 500 TEUs to 2600 TEUs. Strict manning and maintenance standards for the entire RCL fleet are provided by experienced technical team in RCL Shipmanagement, a subsidiary of RCL.

The shipmanagement company and the entire RCL owned fleet have achieved ISM certification since 1998, well ahead of the mandatory 2002 ISM dateline.

Delmege Forsyth and Co. dates its origins to the year 1850. Delmege Shipping presently acts as agents for tankers, specialized bulk carriers, break-bulk vessels, and heavy lift carriers, passenger vessels and naval vessels.

A few amongst the portfolio of many principals that Delmege Shipping represents are world renowned and reputed organizations, such as Shell International, Cunard and Seabourne Cruise Lines, Inchcape Shipping, Asean Cableship and Kuok Oil.