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United Africa Feeder Line (UAFL) is a shipping company founded in 2000 as a regional feeder service in Africa. Head office of UAFL is in Mauritius. UAFL is serving East-Africa, Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands out of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. UAFL is part of the German shipping group Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL) Group, based in Hamburg.

Africa The second largest and second most-populous continent, mostly in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent, being behind Asia in both categories. At about 30.3 million km2 including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area. With 1.2 billion people as of 2016, it accounts for about 16% of the world's human population. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos. It contains 54 fully recognised sovereign states (countries), nine territories and two de facto independent states with limited or no recognition. The majority of the continent and its countries are in the Northern Hemisphere, with a substantial portion and number of countries in the Southern Hemisphere.

Directors of UAFL are Michael McKeown and Dr. Dag-Sven Dieckmann.


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