Growing the Western Cape market remains high on the agenda of CHC Container Depot which recently relocated to generate more capacity. According to Jerome Wolhuter, operations manager for CHC Container Depot in Cape Town, the original facility in Paarden Eiland where the company set up shop when it first opened its doors in the Western Cape late in 2011, became too small within six months. “We have since moved to a new facility in Montague Gardens that is double the size of the Paarden Eiland facility,” he said. “We now have a 5000-sqm under roof warehouse with a further 7000-sqm yard available.” The company has a clear strategy on how to grow its market share – and part of this involves streamlining processes to ensure efficiency and reliability. “One example is that we have already managed to reduce the release time of cargo from our warehouse by 20% in the past few months – and all cargo is treated as if it belongs to CHC personally.” Wolhuter said the new premises were centrally located – close enough to the port and without much congestion – allowing for a free flow of containers to and from the port. CAPTION Jerome Wolhuter ... ‘security is high priority.’
