Airside facility enables later collections

Nine months since its
move to King Shaka
Airport, CFR Freight’s
airfreight division is
pumping.
The airside facility
offers huge benefits,
says Durban manager
Chilton Corrigal, “and
it’s attracting increasing
volumes,” he told FTW.
“It allows for later
collections and earlier
deliveries and gives us
more time to build our
consolidations.”
“It also allows
CFR the flexibility to
route directly out of
Durban, or to truck to
Johannesburg and coload
with our Gauteng
customers,” airfreight
general manager based
in Johannesburg, David
Graham, commented.
For Durban-bound
or -origin cargo, CFR
tends to base most of
its consolidations on
Emirates Airlines which
is the only airline that
flies directly to Durban
on a daily basis.
The inbound service is
showing strong growth
from Shanghai, the
Benelux region and the
US, with India an upand-
coming destination,
says Corrigal.
“And being on site,
there’s the advantage
of smoother handover
to the airline which
enables us to accept
cargo closer to
departure. It also means
the client can collect
his documentation and
immediately collect his
cargo from the airline
– effectively it’s a onestop
shop,” he said. “In
addition we have easier
access to upliftment
of cargo and quicker
access to Customs. And
with our warehouse
facility on site, we can
accept cargo late in the
evening.
“All in all it translates
into smoother transition,
speed and efficiency.”
And the outlook,
says Corrigal, is very
positive.