CAL reports buoyant Botswana, Zambia business

Warehouse facility adds value JOY ORLEK NEW ROUTES and new facilities are bolstering the bottom line at Central African Logistics where branch manager Adrian van Niekerk reports buoyant volumes. The road freight specialist has moved beyond its traditional Malawi focus and introduced several new routes, says Van Niekerk. “We’re now running twice weekly to Botswana, at least twice a week to Zambia, and once a fortnight to Mozambique, mostly for consolidations,” he told FTW. The company operates its own fleet of 70 vehicles, and will be buying five more to serve the PE – Johannesburg and Durban – Johannesburg routes. CAL has added warehousing to its service portfolio operating from a 280m2 facility at its East Rand headquarters. “This enables us to do all our own consolidations on site and we’re already finding a big market in the warehousing outsource sector with two major customers having recently come on board,” he said. In terms of new routes, Namibia is on the planning boards for next year. “But for the present we’re bedding down our new routes and gearing up for the busy pre-Christmas season rush.”