DP World Cargo Services expanding footprint

Long-term plans for DP World Cargo Services (DPWCS) include providing stevedoring support in the ports of Beira and Nacala. This follows the success of the introduction of two RAM Revolver spreaders into the port of Maputo, according to Ian Hall, general manager of DP World Cargo Services Africa Region. The RAM spreaders, which DP World first started using in Adelaide, Australia, are hydraulically operated opentopped containers that deliver the ore directly into the hold. They take their power from the quay crane in the same way as a standard electro-hydraulic spreader. DP World Cargo Services is planning to load up to 30€000 tons of magnetite a day in the port of Maputo using the system. DPWCS Mozambique has been providing stevedoring and related services in Maputo for the past three years, according to Hall. DPWCS opened its South African operations in April 1998. It has operations in the ports of Durban, Richards Bay, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. It is now positioning itself to support the growth in the mining sector to the north. “I foresee that bulk volumes will continue to grow, along with an increase in project cargo to service the growing mining industry,” he says. DPWCS provides a full range of stevedoring and ancillary services (i.e. lashing, securing and tally). INSERT & CAPTION I foresee that bulk volumes will continue to grow. – Ian Hall