Independent groupage operator CFR is continuing to focus on its airfreight division with the announcement of two new key appointments. Dave Gurney has been promoted to the position of Johannesburg airfreight branch manager based in Gauteng while Chilton Corrigall has been appointed airfreight manager of the Durban branch. Both have notched up several years of experience in airfreight consolidations, says airfreight general manager Dave Graham. “Our two biggest focus lanes at the moment are the US and Far East,” said Graham, “with special consol rates into and out of China, Hong Kong and all major US cities. “Despite the recession, the airfreight division recorded encouraging growth last year and 2010 is already looking positive,” he added. As part of its focus on operational efficiency, the company has upgraded its electronic offering to customers with the launch on February 1 of a new webbased airfreight export tariff tool. “It’s very user-friendly,” says Graham. “The client merely types in the origin, destination and weight break and the system automatically generates the appropriate all-in rate based on CFR’s preferred carrier to that destination. “April 1 sees the launch of the next phase of the project – a similar airfreight import tariff tool.” CFR has spent the past few months streamlining its operational processes and and putting in place new performance measurement tools. “As a consequence our airfreight division is now running like a welloiled machine and we can concentrate on route development on the US and Far East lanes where we are aggressively targeting new business.” The company markets import and export rates to and from any country in the world through its partnership in the AirCargo Group, a global organisation of airfreight consolidators.
