Operating in Africa since the 1960s, PIL is the only carrier from Asia serving Africa, with a significant shipping, agency set-up and logistics presence in the region.

Today, PIL ranks within the top 5 container lines for Africa.

 

PIL's coastal networks in Africa serves its clients at over 40 ports in Africa, and operates over 10 unique Africa-bound liner services with presence in 35 African countries. PIL services cover close to 30 countries in Africa, with focus on East, West and South Africa, and has 13 container liner and feeder services a week out of Africa. This is supported by PIL’s agency network of 23 offices, and four logistics companies covering services such as depot (Egypt), warehousing (Egypt and Tanzania), and trucking (Sudan).

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PIL's other initiatives with Africa
Apart from being a member of ASEACC, PIL is also a donor of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - SBF Centre for African Studies (CAS), jointly established by NTU and Singapore Business Federation (SBF) in 2014. The NTU-SBF CAS is to develop thought leadership and capacity amongst the private sector for doing business in Africa.