GETMAisanetworkofAfricanagenciesspecializedinshippingagency,stevedoring,andfreightforwarding.TheGETMA-networkstartedin1989,andaimedatofferingalternativesolutionstomultinationalsontheAfricanwestCoast.Inlessthan10yearsGetmahastakenaleadingpositioninthiscompetingsectorthankstostandingre-investmentsinhandlingequipment,offices,warehousesandqualifiedstaff.Today,GETMAisthefirstindependentnetworkofshippingagenciesontheWestCoastoftheAfricancontinent.Withthecreationof2newagenciesin2005(NigeriaandGhana),theGetmanetworkisnowabletoofferfullservicesin15countires,fromSenegaltoSouthAfrica.ACTIVITIES-SHIPPINGAGENCYGETMAisashipagentforliner-vessels,trampsandtankers.AcoordinationplatformbasedinParisensuresthelinkbetweentheshipownersagenciesofferingareliablefollow-upoftheportcalls7/7days.-CARGO-HANDLINGAllGETMA-agencieshandletheloadinganddischargeofvesselsaswellas,ifrequired,thewarehousing,custodyandpackagingofgoods.-TRANSPORTBeitfortheimportortheexporttheAfricanGETMAagenciesofferacompleteforwardingservice(customs,warehousing,container–stuffing,re-forwardingtolandlockedcountries)fornearlyeverykindofcargo(baggedgoods,containers,rollingmaterial,heavyequipmentetc..).HISTORYThefirstGETMAagencynetworkwasfoundedin1989byRichardTALBOT,withtheambitiontocreateanetworkofshippingandforwardingagenciesalongtheWestAfricanCoast,andofferanalternativesolutiontoshipowners,shipoperatorsandtradingcompaniesotherthantheexistinglargeFrenchmultinationals.AmarketingandoperationsofficewassetupinParisintheearly90s,underthenameofGETMAInternational:Thiswasthestartofasuccessfulandcontinuousexpansion,resultingfromanaudaciousmanagement,ahighlymotivatedteamofprofessionals,andtrustfulclients.