About Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL)
Hamburg shipping house tracing to 1895, part of the John T. Essberger group; its Europe-Africa container liner business was sold to Hapag-Lloyd in 2022. A century-old Africa specialist; Hapag-Lloyd folded DAL’s liner services into its own network in 2022.
Main trade areas: West Africa, East Africa and North Europe.
Deutsche Afrika-Linien no longer runs its own container services. Hapag-Lloyd closed the purchase of DAL’s container liner business on 1 June 2022, and those Europe-Africa services are now part of the Hapag-Lloyd network.
How to track a Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL) container
Every Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL) box carries an ISO 6346 number: four letters (the owner prefix), six digits and a check digit. Enter the container number, the bill of lading or the booking reference and Navo24 detects which one it is.
The tracker joins Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL)'s own events (gate out, loaded, departed, transhipped, discharged) with the vessel's AIS position, so you see where the box is now, not where it was at the last port call.
Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL) schedules, rates and free time
Before booking, compare sailings on your lane by transit time and real on-time reliability across all carriers, Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL) included where it publishes schedules.
For the price, FreightRatesMCP shows market rates for 20GP, 40GP and 40HC on a port pair. After arrival, demurrage and detention start once Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL)'s free time runs out, and Navo24 counts the days left on every box.
