Mauritius joins 3PL heavy-lift network

PPG general manager Kevin Stephens said Austral Transit International Ltd and Austral Shipping Agency Ltd had been appointed as a Project Forwarding Member and Project Support Member respectively. Both firms are members of the Austral group of companies operating in the Mauritius Freeport.
Mr Stephens said Mauritius had trade agreements which provided preferential access for goods of both Mauritian and African origin to the European Union and the United States.
He said membership of Mauritius to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa and the Southern African Development Community regional blocks also allowed preferential access for goods that satisfy the origin criteria to a regional market of some 425 million consumers.
Mr Stephens said PPG members would have access to Austral’s general freight and project cargo capabilities, shipping services and warehousing.