Transnet Port Terminal set to tackle congestion issues
Nce Mkhize
CONGESTION at the country’s ports often results in the loss of millions of rand to South African importers and exporters.
This problem‚ however‚ could be a thing of the past following Transnet Port Terminal’s recent partnership with supply-chain solutions company Barloworld Logistics‚ a division of Barloworld‚ aimed at easing the congestion.
The aim of the partnership is to create a one-stop shop for customers in the commercial import and export business.
Earlier in February Transnet announced it would spend billions to upgrade and renovate the Durban harbour and‚ as a result‚ some shipments would be diverted to the Ngqura Container Terminal for a period of four months.
On Monday (10/02/2014) Transnet’s Sne Makhanya said they had decided to partner Barloworld Logistics as its experience in the field would help the parastatal handle and dispatch imported and exported goods with ease.
She said the deal would later be extended nationally.
“We are doing this to make it easy for our clients to trace and locate their goods every step of the way.”
Transnet Port Terminal CE Karl Socikwa said capacity-creation projects were under way across various Transnet Port Terminal sites ahead of the expected rise in imports and exports‚ which needed to be handled as efficiently as possible.
“Transnet Port Terminal realises that we have to be competitive.
Any business not innovating at a time when the economy offers no stable solutions will not survive.
Transnet Port Terminal is building a legacy and ensuring the company’s future with the approaches we are taking in the next six years‚” said Mr Socikwa.
His sentiments were echoed by Barloworld Logistics CEO Steve Ford.
“Partnering with Transnet Port Terminal is an important step for both our businesses‚ enabling us to offer our clients more holistic‚ integrated and competitive supply-chain solutions.
This is the first of many exciting opportunities that lie ahead for the team‚” he said. © BDlive 2013
