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.