Airfreight office to open in Durban JOY ORLEK GROWING IMPORTS from the East have motivated groupage operator CFR Freight to expand on its existing services from Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. The company now offers a range of new direct services, from China, with Tianjin, Xingang, Qingdao, Ningbo, Xiamen, and Shenzhen now served on a direct basis. And in a move to further improve its service to importers, at the end of January next year CFR will open its own release office at the container depot to streamline import releases. “On the export side we’ve also introduced several new direct options as well as increased frequencies and added destinations,” says branch manager Clive Nel. “We currently serve more than 600 destinations worldwide.” The substantial increase in volumes both in and outbound has translated into an expanded staff complement which now stands at 23 people in the Durban office. This includes an in-house sales support team set up for import and export rate enquiries. “We believe that our steadfast rule of neutrality to forwarders and co-loaders has played a strong role in attracting and retaining our customer base.” CFR’s restructured airfreight division in Johannesburg is already yielding positive results and this has motivated a national expansion programme. The Cape Town airfreight office has been up and running for the past two months and a Durban office will follow shortly.
