Damco now offers end-to-end solutions

Damco, with the offices still acting as
a ship’s agency for Maersk Line and
Safmarine.
The difference is that now the agency
can offer other end-to-end solutions.
“We provide freight forwarding services
such as LCL, airfreight and breakbulk,
as opposed to purely containerised
cargo,” says Zambia country manager
Syreeta Chitengi.
“For our containerised service,
containers are delivered to customers’
doors on trailers, or can be lifted onto
the ground for unpacking or packing,”
she says.
Damco is seeing growth in the
“mixed bag” of freight it handles.
One of the interesting trends is that
all exports of sawn timber have been
containerised since the Zambian
government passed legislation to
prevent the export of raw logs.
The company has also participated in
delivering materials for a new stadium
that is being built in Ndola.
The agency has handled the freight
forwarding, customs clearance, shipping
and land transport of the imports for
the multi-purpose sports stadium at
Ndola built by a Chinese construction
company. The 50 000-seater stadium is
due for completion in November this
year.
Copper, cobalt and manganese
exports are handled through the
Zambian agency.
“We do the bookings here, and take
control of the cargo at the port,” she
says.