Copper revival facilitates expansion for Halifax

Perry Siatulye, founder and managing director of Ndolabased Halifax Freight Services, believes so strongly in education that staff are regularly sent to South Africa for training, in addition to in-house refresher courses. This has laid the foundation for the expansion of the range of services offered by the company, which is one of the first clearing houses in Zambia to also handle procurement. All the key staff of the customs clearing and forwarding agency are former Zambian customs officers who have in-depth and practical understanding of the country’s customs system, in addition to extensive contacts in the customs services. The revival of the fortunes of the copper mines is creating new opportunities and Halifax has expanded from its base of customs clearing to procurement of goods ranging from rations for the army to office supplies. Its own fleet of light delivery vehicles enables the company to procure goods from outside Zambia, arrange transport by road, air or rail, clear the goods, and deliver them to clients. In addition to its Ndola headquarters, Halifax has offices at all the country’s border posts to handle the clearing of cargo.