Africa Global Logistics (AGL)

Africa Global Logistics (AGL) joined the MSC Group in December 2022 and is the reference multimodal logistics operator (port, logistics, sea and rail) in Africa. Having developed its expertise over more than a century and with more than 23,000 employees working in 51 countries, AGL provides its African and global customers with global, customized and innovative logistics solutions, with the goal of contributing in a sustainable way to the transformation of Africa. AGL is also present in Haiti and Timor-Leste. 
To this end, AGL's strategy aims to provide logistical solutions to Africa's key challenges: population growth, support for the development of intra-African trade, improvement of the living environment, digitalization and the energy transition. 
With its network of subsidiaries, ports and rail concessions, AGL will contribute to improving Africa's connectivity to itself and to the rest of the world. This goal is one of the continent’s major initiatives aimed at implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). 

AGL offers unique expertise in the construction, development, modernization and management of containers, including roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) and inland port terminals in Africa, Asia (Timor-Leste) and the Americas (Haiti).

• Operation of port concessions: Container terminals, RoRo terminals, river terminals
• Development and project management of port infrastructure
• Ports Contract Management on behalf of authorities

AGL’s wide range of shipping solutions in Africa includes conventional stevedoring, shipping, dry port management and shipyard facilities. AGL provides conventional stevedoring services primarily in Africa and Timor-Leste for all types of cargo: bagged, bulk, RoRo, heavy lift, containers and more. 

AGL offers consignment and handling services through a large network of agencies for customers of regular lines, but also tramp operators under its brand Afritramp.

• Shipping agency services: Coastal and hinterland countries
• Stevedoring/shore handling services: Projects, dry bulk, RoRo  
• Off dock solutions: Container depot (full/empty), Stuffing/stripping/pre-delivery, Inspection for RoRo maintenance & repair
• Shipbrokers
• Timber terminals
• Shipyards

AGL has a network of agencies and logistics hubs at strategic international trade locations across the continent. With in-depth market knowledge and supply chain expertise, AGL can meet the demands of import customers. AGL also takes care of all the administrative and customs formalities.
AGL's presence along all of Africa’s transport corridors means we can provide multimodal transport, implement contract logistics solutions, deploy our global supply chain expertise and offer custom services for industrial projects.

• Global supply chain (4PL)
• International freight forwarding
• Multimodal corridor management
• Customs and regulatory compliance
• Contract logistics
• Dedicated yards & warehousing capacities
• Industrial projects
• Expertise in key industries

AGL operates two rail concessions – SITARAIL (between the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso) and CAMRAIL (in Cameroon) – enabling the smooth multimodal flow of goods and people between neighbouring countries and helping to improve accessibility to inland areas. We manage and develop commercial multimodal passenger and freight transport services and build, upgrade and modernize rail infrastructure (track, engineering structures and buildings).

• Operator of railways concessions, including passenger services
• Provider of railway freight solutions
• Construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of railway infrastructure
• Maintenance of rolling stock
• Yards & warehousing commodities
• Expertise in key industries

 51 | countries
   24 | port concessions
 247 | sites CFS/Commodities warehouses (900,000 SQM)
4.8K | onshore fleet
 23K | staff
     2 | railway concessions
 159 | sites contract logistics warehouses (700,000 SQM)
  69 | dry ports