Cross Country to expand trailer fleet

THE BOOMING business in the Eastern Cape has been matched by significant growth in Cross Country Containers (CCC). The office in Port Elizabeth was commissioned some three-and-a-half years ago with an initial staff complement of two – but now has 16 staff members. “We have also developed a diverse service,” said Eastern Cape branch manager, Wayne De Doncker, “encompassing rail services, local and long distance cartage, cabotage services, empty container handling and storage and general management services - including documentation, container monitoring, tracking and reporting.” The company has always adopted a very optimistic view of the economic and social development of the Eastern Cape region, he added. “We are extremely happy to be part of its resurgence.” Plans for the future see CCC intending to expand its local cartage presence by progressively adding to the existing fleet of owned trailers. De Doncker further confirmed that it would continue to invest in its already substantial IT infrastructure - to ensure that communications with customers are maintained at the highest possible level. “We believe in adding value to the products and services we market,” he said, “and, being fully EDI capable, we have already delivered benefits to many of our customers from an instruction transmission, tracking and invoicing perspective.”