Rickmers-Linie has signed a space charter agreement with the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri).

According to the agreement, Rickmers-Linie will be able to hire space on Bahri-operated ships and vice versa.

The deal covers the ports of the US Atlantic and Gulf coasts as well as hubs in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE, Iraq and Yemen.

Ulrich Ulrichs, chief executive of Rickmers-Linie, said: “With this space charter agreement both Bahri Liner and Rickmers are able to broaden their networks to offer our customers a wider choice of possibilities on the high level of reliability of the liner services of our companies.”

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