« Five full container vessels will sail the round trip on fixed days in each port, stated Jean-Yves Depreux, StreamLines Manager. “With a capacity of 1,300 TEU, equipped with on-board cranes (45 tons) and 250 reefer plugs, they are also designed to carry yachts”. The fleet will be fully operated by Streamlines.
Green coffee, seafood, fruit (especially banana, papaya, avocado, pineapple and other tropical fruit), vegetables and rum are also among the products imported from the Caribbean region.
According to Hervé Cornède, HAROPA Commercial and Marketing Director, “This new service strengthens HAROPA’s position as the leader for French Overseas ‘Départements’; it opens up growth prospects to Central America, especially for all fruit, vegetable, coffee and seafood sector”.