Algiers-Nouakchott commercial shipping line opens

STORY: Algiers-Nouakchott commercial shipping line opens DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of freighter GOURAYA 2. various of staff loading cargo for freighter GOURAYA STORYLINE: A commercial ship line linking Algerian capital Algiers to the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott opened on Thursday in a move to facilitate and strengthen trading between the two countries. The first voyage will be carried out by freighter GOURAYA, with cargo capacity reaching 7,000 tons of goods. Goods exported in the first voyage include food, ceramic products, and pharmaceutical products and about 2,000 tons of cement. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Algiers. (XHTV)