BEE company secures import and export business

BLACK ECONOMIC Empowerment company Kapele Freight Logistics is gearing up for further growth on the back of a major contract in Port Elizabeth for air and sea imports and a substantial deal involving the movement of full container loads to the Far East. The company will be exhibiting at the BEE Exhibition in Port Elizabeth in October where it hopes to secure more business, with a keen eye on the automotive industry in the region. Kapele established an office in Walmer, Port Elizabeth in January this year, headed up by Gideon Botha. Tailor-made services that align with the client’s logistics requirements are the focus of the company which caters for general, temperature-sensitive and perishable cargo. As part of the Röhlig-Grindrod stable, it has access to a broad range of resources and disciplines. Established five years ago, Kapele has a national staff of 26 with a Johannesburg base that caters for multimodal freight, warehousing, inventory management and national distribution. Its clients range from the telecommunications industry to retail.