0 MARFA MAR SHIPPING HOLDING COMPANY

Company background: ALMARFA shipping company has been legally established as a Libyan joint stock private company. since 1994 with initiating capital of LD 1000.000.000. Handled and still in trade with key market institutions in Libya such as Great man made river project , Italian Libyan gas line , and most cargo for General Electric company in Libya . Al Marfa operates in all Libyan ports with professional staff in operation and communication with the outside world along with full facilities to handle containers movements in our terminal at Tripoli / Misurata / Khoms and Benghazi . Sole agent in Libya for: -Contaz line -BBC chartering -ECU Line -Allseas cargo {UK} LTD Al Marfa Commercial strategy: A. Private sectors: - Locally we are in touch with wholesalers, distributors in the field of textile, food, general lines of distributions in Tripoli – Misurata and Benghazi as they are the main economical engine cities in Libya. -Our periodical visits and close relationship with key market areas such as China / other Asian countries and Europe where about more than 120 private Libyan export offices whom handling 75% of containers traffic to Libyan ports. Our relationship with these export firms is profound and we know the potentiality of this market which we will depend on in our market strategy. Moreover, many local forwarders will be booking with us on slot regular bases. B. Public sectors: -Public projects {tenders} provided on daily bases in Libya in various fields. We are as Almarfa do have close relationship with key decision makers whom handling these project and we will secure contracts in this regard as carriers.