{"id":2000128235,"date":"2026-10-07T11:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000128235"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:33:30","slug":"german-shipping-company-hapag-lloyd-opens-office-in-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/german-shipping-company-hapag-lloyd-opens-office-in-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd opens office in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The office began operations on October 1, 2026, as part of the company\u2019s efforts to expand its operations in Africa, with a particular focus on landlocked countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesper Kanstrup, Hapag-Lloyd’s Managing Director Sub-Region Africa, said strengthening the company\u2019s presence in Rwanda and Burundi was an important step in its expansion across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfrica is a highly diverse continent, and serving our customers successfully requires a strong understanding of the individual markets in which they operate. By strengthening our presence, we combine local industry knowledge and customer proximity with the reach of Hapag-Lloyd\u2019s global network,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hapag-Lloyd is a global container shipping company operating in 140 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Importers in Rwanda and Burundi primarily use the Port of Dar es Salaam, from where goods are transported to the two countries. Previously, customers requiring Hapag-Lloyd\u2019s services in Rwanda had to rely on the company\u2019s offices in neighbouring countries such as Kenya or Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company said the new Kigali office is expected to improve customer support, facilitate trade and speed up services related to the import and export of goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hapag-Lloyd operates a fleet of around 300 modern container ships and has approximately 15,200 employees in its liner shipping business. It also has about 400 offices across 140 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company offers 129 liner shipping services connecting around 600 ports across all continents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Hapag-Lloyd operates a fleet of around 300 modern container ships.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has opened an office in Kigali to serve customers in Rwanda and Burundi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000128236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000128235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000128236,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/sosiyete_ya_hapag-lloyd_yafunguye_ishami_ryayo_mu_rwanda-017da.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Hapag-Lloyd operates a fleet of around 300 modern container ships.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":563,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/sosiyete_ya_hapag-lloyd_yafunguye_ishami_ryayo_mu_rwanda-017da.jpg","width":1000,"height":563},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/sosiyete_ya_hapag-lloyd_yafunguye_ishami_ryayo_mu_rwanda-017da.jpg","width":1000,"height":563},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/sosiyete_ya_hapag-lloyd_yafunguye_ishami_ryayo_mu_rwanda-017da.jpg","width":1000,"height":563},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/sosiyete_ya_hapag-lloyd_yafunguye_ishami_ryayo_mu_rwanda-017da.jpg","width":1000,"height":563},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/sosiyete_ya_hapag-lloyd_yafunguye_ishami_ryayo_mu_rwanda-017da.jpg","width":1000,"height":563}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000128235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000128235"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000128235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000128238,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000128235\/revisions\/2000128238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000128236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000128235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000128235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000128235"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000128235"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000128235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}