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GATMA sharpens its ships and ready to welcome the community abroad
Refurbishment of the fleet, recovery of ships in Belgium and the summer season
The affair of the two Algerian ships belonging to the Algerian Maritime Transport Group (GATMA), detained for some time now in Belgium due to their non-compliance with international standards, was the straw that broke the camel’s back. It has just had a happy ending, because these two ships were able to be recovered thanks to the work provided by the State to return the two cargo boats. It is the revolution, even the race against time for the Algerian Maritime Transport Group . Yesterday and on the airwaves of Channel III of Algerian Radio, the President and CEO of GATMA, in this case Nadia Rabia, took stock of the situation of the maritime freight transport fleet.
“We are in the midst of a revolution of rebuilding and refurbishing the maritime freight transport fleet, taking into account the new requirements recommended in global maritime transport. We were able to recover the two Algerian cargo ships, the first the ”Timgad” and the second the ”Sedrata”, where they were until then immobilized at the port of Antwerp, in Belgium.
This affair had a happy ending,” announced yesterday Wednesday, the CEO of the GATMA group on Channel III.
During her intervention on the program ”The editorial guest” offered by Channel III of Algerian Radio, the representative of the GATMA Group declared that with “the support of the authorities, we were able to recover a ship . The second is being repatriated, and we want this ship to be equipped with all the necessary equipment and to comply with international navigation conditions,” she declared. Therefore, Algerian ships to be reviewed due to unavailability of adequate international standards required for global navigation.
We wonder why all this delay? In a global navigation market which represents, each year, 1,500 billion dollars through a global commercial fleet estimated at 99,800 cargo ships sailing every day in the sea and canals, Algeria is called upon to strengthen and forge both its commercial maritime fleet in order to demonstrate its strength and develop its commercial maritime transport in the four corners of the sea.
Aware that the maritime transport of goods from and to Algeria is neither more nor less a matter of national sovereignty, as repeatedly emphasized by the President of the Republic and going so far as to suggest its restructuring, CEO Nadia Rabia and , through it the GATMA Group, is working to provide the means for the renovation of its fleet. That of the “nine ships owned by the company have already required an envelope of 7 billion dinars as part of the operation to renovate the national maritime fleet, three will arrive soon as new acquisitions,” she declared, yesterday, on Channel III’s ”L’hôte de la édition” show.
In summary, the Algerian Maritime Transport Group is sharpening its vessels to meet the navigation standards required around the world. A challenge that can be resolved by the will of those responsible, especially since the means exist thanks to the financial support provided by the State. The Algerian fleet used in the maritime transport of goods occupies a large place and reflects one of the priorities of the State’s foreign policy, it is even national sovereignty, recalls the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune. Algerian ships used in the maritime transport of goods are, today, involved in the geostrategic transport of new energies, in particular liquefied natural gas (LNG) to many countries. It is, therefore, a vital and strategic sector where its strengthening is, today, crucial for the State.
On the other hand, and before closing its move to Channel III, the CEO of GATMA, released good news for the Algerian community established abroad by announcing the launch of several promotions on prices during this summer, or even this summer season.
An announcement that will revive the heart and plant happiness for many compatriots, especially since most of them are suffering financially because of the spectacular and general rise in prices in Europe and in France in particular.
Sofiane Abi