F E AT U RE requirement to declare on a customs list such unlikely items as the oil being used in a ships engine sump tank, along with on-board fire extinguishers. SENEGAL AND IVORY COAST AGS packers at work International mover AGS has a foot in both Senegal and Ivory Coast, operating across all sorts of industries and sectors public and private, domestic and international. In Ivory Coast, new avenues of business include supplying ad hoc services and expertise to the African Development Bank for its internal removals or handling needs. Weve also expanded our activities in special projects general cargo, fine arts transportation, and hospitalitymanagement quite a few hotels are renovating and new ones are being built, says Cedric Castro, AGS Managing Director and FIDI Board member. We assist with all logistics needs and storage, global mobility services and ever-increasing physical and electronic records management. AGS has invested heavily in building new warehouses and facilities dedicated to records management in West Africa. One is already fully operational in Senegal and a secondone, in Abidjan, is under construction. Others will follow. AGS Senegal had, Castro claims, a very successful 2018. We expect that trend to continue into this year. Our biggest advantage is being part of the AGS brand and the AGS 54 Africa network. Worldwide, AGS operates in 141 locations across 95 countries. In Ivory Coast, infrastructure projects have been p85_Roldo Rent_QPV.pdf 1 05/03/2019 11:29 fast-tracked to open up the countrys economic A.UNIVERS TRANSIT ltd. 68 FF290 pp60-71 Regional Focus.indd 68 WWW. F I D I . OR G 13/03/2019 12:06