Shipping Cotonou to Warvis Bay or Cape Town Feb 2017

[schmookeeg]

Hello,

We are looking askance at the election nonsense happening in DRC, and are thinking about shipping around the problem, and maybe skipping Nigeria into the bargain.

I see that CMA-CGM does several West African routes that would work for this. We may fly to Aus/NZ or home if the shipment will be a long one, and we are insensitive to timing. I just prefer to know costs up front (ha ha -- as if), or at least, dealing with someone in English would be helpful.

My questions:

1. Do I use a freight forwarder for this? Does anyone have a recommendation in Cotonou? I am considering a 20' container and have Carnet in hand for the car.

2. Are there Ro-Ro or similar alternatives? I see Grimaldi is in Benin, but they only go North from there.

3. Are there better ideas for this? Can I get a South African company to "pull" the shipment out of Benin for me?

Thanks for any insight. The shipment DB here didn't turn up anything on my searches, but I may have been doing it wrong.

Cheers,

- Mike