In short: this website sets no cookies, runs no analytics, and loads no third-party scripts or web fonts. The only personal data we receive is what you deliberately send us when you ask for a freight quotation — and the quote form on this site does not even submit to a server: it opens WhatsApp or your own email client with the message pre-filled.
1. Who we are
This website is operated by WestAfricaLine by SBT56 (legal entity: Shenzhen SBT International Logistics Co., Ltd., registration number 91440300570029550P), an international logistics provider acting as a freight forwarder, not a carrier. Our registered address is Building 1, No. 101, Hetai Industrial Zone, Fuhai Subdistrict, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China （深圳市宝安区福海街道展城社区福郢路和泰工业区厂房1栋101）.
For the purposes of applicable data protection law we are the data controller of the personal data described below.
2. What this website does — and does not — collect
We want this to be verifiable rather than merely asserted, so here is exactly what runs on this site:
| Technology | Used on this site? | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Cookies | No | No cookie is set or read by any page on this domain. |
| Browser storage (localStorage / sessionStorage) | No | Not used. |
| Web analytics (Google Analytics, etc.) | No | No analytics or tag-manager script is loaded. |
| Advertising / tracking pixels (Meta Pixel, etc.) | No | No ad or social tracking pixel is loaded by this site. |
| Third-party scripts, stylesheets or web fonts | No | All CSS, JavaScript and images are served from this domain; typography uses your device's own system fonts. |
| Server-side log files | Access logs only, held by the hosting provider | Depends on the hosting provider once the site is published — the site is not yet deployed, so this cannot be verified from the code. Standard host access logs (IP address, user agent, requested URL, timestamp) are typically kept by the host and are not used by us for any other purpose. Fill in once hosting is chosen. |
Because we use no cookies and no analytics, there is no cookie banner on this site and no consent to manage. If that ever changes, this page will be updated first and the date at the top will move.
3. The data you choose to send us
When you request a quotation — via the form on our contact page, by WhatsApp, by email, or by phone — we receive the details you type in. On this website the quote form asks for:
- Product name
- Carton count / weight / volume
- Destination
- Service required
- Incoterms
- Your contact details (so we can send the quotation back)
- Any notes you add
How the form technically works: it does not transmit your details to our web server. A small script on the page assembles what you typed into a message and then either opens WhatsApp (wa.me) or opens your own email program (mailto:) with that message pre-filled. You review it and you press send. If you close that window, nothing reaches us.
4. Why we process it, and on what basis
- To prepare and send your quotation — processing is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
- To perform the shipment if you instruct us — processing is necessary for the performance of the contract.
- To meet customs, export-control and transport-security obligations — processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation. Shipper and consignee details appear on customs declarations, bills of lading and air waybills.
- To answer a question you asked — our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries directed to us.
We do not use your details for automated decision-making or profiling, and we do not sell or rent them.
5. Who we may need to share it with
Moving cargo internationally cannot be done by one company alone. Where your shipment requires it, the data you gave us may be shared with:
- Carriers — shipping lines and airlines, for booking and for the bill of lading or air waybill. We are a freight forwarder; vessels and aircraft are operated by carriers.
- Customs authorities and customs brokers, in China and at destination — declarations are a legal requirement.
- Our warehouses at origin (Shenzhen / Dongguan / Guangzhou) and our handling and delivery partners at destination (Lagos, Nigeria; Dakar, Senegal).
- Destination agents where a lane requires local representation.
- Insurers, only if cargo insurance is arranged for your shipment.
We share only what each party needs to perform its part, and we remain responsible for the coordination of your shipment end to end.
6. Third-party services you may choose to use
This site links out to two services. Neither loads anything into the page until you click:
- WhatsApp (operated by Meta) — if you click a WhatsApp button or link, your browser connects to
wa.meand WhatsApp's own privacy terms then apply to that conversation. - Your own email client — a
mailto:link hands the message to the mail program on your device.
We also publish a telephone / WeChat number. If you contact us through WeChat, that platform's own privacy terms apply to the conversation.
7. International transfers
By nature, a China-to-Africa (and China-to-US/EU/UK/JP/AU) shipment means your cargo documents and contact details cross borders — typically to Nigeria, Senegal, and whichever country your goods transit or arrive in. Those transfers are necessary to perform the transport you asked us to arrange. Where a destination requires it, we rely on the legal basis available under applicable law for transfers necessary to perform a contract with you.
8. How long we keep it
Quotation enquiries that do not turn into a shipment: deleted once the enquiry is closed. Shipment files (quotations, booking documents, customs declarations, proof of delivery) are retained for the period required by applicable customs, tax and transport law in the relevant jurisdiction, and for as long as needed to handle a claim.
9. Your rights
Depending on where you are located, applicable law may give you the right to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to the processing of your personal data, to receive a portable copy of it, and to withdraw consent where processing was based on consent. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at tony@sbt56.com. We will respond within the period required by applicable law.
You may also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
10. Security
Access to shipment data is limited to the staff and partners who need it to run your cargo. Communications you send by WhatsApp or email travel over those providers' networks; please do not send us more personal data than a freight quotation requires.
11. Children
This site is a business-to-business logistics service and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect data from children.
12. Changes to this policy
If our practices change, this page changes first and the "Last updated" date at the top moves with it.
13. Contact
Shenzhen SBT International Logistics Co., Ltd. · trading as WestAfricaLine by SBT56
Building 1, No. 101, Hetai Industrial Zone, Fuhai Subdistrict, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China （深圳市宝安区福海街道展城社区福郢路和泰工业区厂房1栋101）
Tel / WeChat / WhatsApp: +86 186 6591 6878
Email: tony@sbt56.com
Data protection enquiries: tony@sbt56.com
Governing law and jurisdiction for this policy: the laws of the People's Republic of China, with the courts of Shenzhen. This policy takes effect on 11 November 2026.
Please note: this policy describes how this website handles data. It is not legal advice, and it does not replace the terms agreed in your individual quotation or transport contract.