A Thorco Shipping multipurpose tweendecker has been chartered into Congo.

Broekman Logistics said it had brokered a deal for the 8,000-dwt Thorco Reef (built 2011) on behalf of national owner Lignes Maritimes Congolaises (LMC).

It will operate a direct service from Antwerp to Central Africa.

LMC is aiming to expand its presence in the West African market both southbound and northbound, and it is "not unlikely that in the near future additional tonnage will be chartered in close cooperation with Broekman Logistics," Broekman added.