{"id":255561,"date":"2019-08-27T17:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=255561"},"modified":"2019-08-27T18:17:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T21:17:48","slug":"algeria-wants-national-vessels-handling-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/algeria-wants-national-vessels-handling-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Algeria wants national vessels handling imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Algeria\u2019s Maritime Transport Group (GATMA, acronym in French) reached agreements with milk and wheat industry groups to utilize locally-owned ships in imports, <em>Alg\u00e9rie Presse Service<\/em> (<em>APS<\/em>) reported.<\/p>\n<p>The agreements were entered into between GATMA and Algeria\u2019s Inter-Professional Milk Board (ONIL) and Inter-professional Cereals Board (OAIC). The goal is to limit the use of foreign-owned transport and cut foreign exchange costs in wheat and powder milk imports.<\/p>\n<p>The move\u2019s in line with wider plans from Algeria\u2019s government, and the agreements were signed at the seat of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries. <em>APS<\/em> said the bulk of imports are currently handled by non-local players.<\/p>\n<p>The deal\u2019s intended to increase the number of Algerian ships in imports, keep foreign shipping companies in check, and enhance an investments program providing for the purchase of new vessels.<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries minister Ch\u00e9rif Omari said the policy will be extended into other sectors, as well as to exports. Public Works and Transport minister Mustapha Kouraba said ten vessels will be made available for powder milk and wheat transport at first.<\/p>\n<p>The move will likely boost the maritime transportation sector, which currently employs only 60% of its capacity and handles no more than 2% to 5% of import operations, as per GATMA numbers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-192862\">Billal Bensalem\/NurPhoto\/AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maritime Transport Group (GATMA) reached an agreement with wheat and powder milk industry associations that provides for the use of Algerian-owned vessels in imports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":192862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[2034,10901,2188,10904,2189,10447,10902,10899,10903,5743,7062,10900,2563],"class_list":{"0":"post-255561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-algeria","9":"tag-dried-milk","10":"tag-export","11":"tag-gatma-en","12":"tag-import","13":"tag-maritime","14":"tag-oaic-en","15":"tag-oaic","16":"tag-onil-en","17":"tag-ship","18":"tag-transport","19":"tag-vessel","20":"tag-wheat"},"wps_subtitle":"The Maritime Transport Group (GATMA) reached an agreement with wheat and powder milk industry associations that provides for the use of Algerian-owned vessels in imports.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}