CFR adds cross-border option

Independent sea and air groupage
operator CFR Freight is always
looking at extending its service
portfolio, and the Durban branch
is no different, says marketing
director Peter Schmidt-Löffler.
“The recent introduction of
cross-border trucking as well as
local collections and deliveries for
any import or export LCL is part
and parcel of this philosophy,” he
told FTW.
And the cross-border service
has been well received by the
company’s forwarding clients.
“Our inter-Africa service was
primarily introduced to serve our
transhipment cargo but we are
now offering the service locally
to forwarders who can co-load
with CFR to Zimbabwe, Zambia,
Malawi, Botswana, Lesotho and
Swaziland,” says Durban branch
manager Clive Nel.
“It also made sense for us
to offer local transport as an
extension of our service. We
carry LCL cargo on behalf of
forwarders from anywhere in
the world into SA and unpack
it – now we can deliver it to the
consignee. A similar export option
is available where we collect
cargo from shippers and freight
it in our LCL containers to any
destination in the world,” said
Nel.
Ensuring a streamlined supply
chain is key to CFR’s business
philosophy and that means
coping with the many challenges
that logistics operators face on a
daily basis.
“Border police stops are
increasingly challenging,” says
Nel. “We are however working
closely with them to reduce
delays – for regular importers it
is recommended that they register
as known consignees with border
police to help reduce the risk of
the cargo and container being
stopped.”
And while CFR’s business is
LCL-focused the company is
able to offer competitive FCL
rates on import and export routes
– as always on a neutral basis
catering exclusively for freight
forwarders.