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LATEST SHIPMENTS ON GEEST LINE

CARIBBEAN BOUND

This luxury new motor cruiser was delivered to its new owner in Barbados who took advantage of the swift, direct, breakbulk service offered by Geest Line.

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TOURISM GROWTH FUELS CONSTRUCTION BOOM IN ISLANDS

Tourist growth in several of the Caribbean islands is boosting the cargo carryings of Geest Line, the leading shipping line operating between Europe and the region.

A myriad of tourist accommodation projects is being developed in the islands, requiring the shipment of all types of construction, plant, materials and fittings.

In several cases, the cargo is coming from Europe and Geest Line, with its weekly service of breakbulk and container shipments, is ideally placed to deliver. There is a lso a considerable amount of residential development taking place on several islands, further helping to fuel the construction upsurge.

Projects include several new hotels, extensions to existing facilities and new timeshare type developments in St.Lucia, redevelopment of hotels in Grenada and residential projects on the former sugar plantation s of St.Kitts. Indeed, there are over ten separate projects in St.Lucia alone.

A healthy tourism market has prompted many of the developments along with the need to cater for anticipated increases in accommodation demand for the 2007 cricket World Cup.

In addition, industrial development is taking place, most notably the construction of a new terminal in the port of Bridgetown, Barbados. Geest Line's flexible service is seen as ideal for carrying construction equipment and materials with its spacious ships equipped for handling all manner of cargo from pallets to large project items.

"Several of the islands are enjoying a healthy growth in their economies fuelled by tourism and we are seeing this through the volumes and nature of cargoes that we are carrying from Europe to the region," explained Geest Line Freight Director Stephen Robinson.

Notice to All Customers.

Improvement of Geest Line sailing schedule

We are pleased to advise significant improvements to the Geest Line sailin g schedule. The introduction of greater efficiencies in the banana loading arrangements in the Caribbean has resulted in an opportunity for us to review and further improve our sailing schedules.

From MV Santa Lucia voyage 50 our sailing day from Portsmouth will be advanced from Wednesday mornings to Tuesday evenings each week. Our sailing from Le Havre will advance to Wednesday early afternoons.

We believe the earlier arrival times at our island destinations, Thursday for Martinique and Castries, Friday for Antigua and Frid ay for Barbados breakbulk calls will give tremendous commercial advantages to our customers.

Our new vessel rotation commencing from MV Santa Lucia voyage 50 sailing Portsmouth Tuesday 17th August is attached for your guidance, the main points of which are:
Portsmouth
Weekly departures on Tuesday.
Le Havre
Weekly departures on Wednesday.
Antigua.
Fortnightly calls on Friday.
Barbados.

We are pleased to advise that our “breakbulk and container” calls will now be Friday rather than Monday, and our “container only” calls will be Saturdays. This reduces our sailing time from the UK to Barbados for container and breakbulk to just 9 days.

Dominica.
Fortnightly calls on Saturday.
Grenada.
Fortnightly calls on Monday.
Martinique.
Weekly calls on Thursday mornings.
St Kitts.
Monthly calls on Saturday, however a change of vessel from MV Santa Lucia to MV Santa Catharina will result in one five week interval between 31st July and 4th September.
St Lucia.
Weekly Castries calls on Thursday afternoons.
St Vincent.
We shall continue to call weekly, however fortnightly calls combined with Grenada on Mondays will be container only calls for St Vincent. Calls at St Vincent not combined with Grenada will be breakbulk and container calls.
Trinidad.
Monthly calls on Sunday.A first copy of the schedule is attached and we ask that you familiarise yourself with the details to ensure that best advantage can be taken of the schedule changes. We are certain that the schedule will offer commercial advantages to our customers and we look forward to your continued support.

The new sailing time from Portsmouth will require a review of delivery and customs clearance cut off times, details of which will be forwarded separately.