Temporary facilities set up
at conference venues
SOUTH AFRICA'S express logistics will be put to the test during the forthcoming United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development.
With over 40 000 delegates confirmed and more than 60 000 expected, international express package volumes will soar.
"We expect shipments of bulky conference documentation as well as other items," says Sameer Wadhwa, marketing manager of myExpressCo, the Southern Africa licensee of FedEx. "Accordingly we have geared up for the additional volumes and will be accepting international packages through temporary facilities at all the conference venues."
Many delegates are extending their visits for field trips or holidays.
They are likely to buy curios such as carved giraffes and other sculptures. "Sending bulky and awkward items home by express services avoids the risk of damage and is far more economical than punitive airline excess-baggage charges," says Wadhwa.
FedEx service is also available at major shopping centres and tourist haunts throughout the provinces. Operations are situated in 40 branches of Rennies Foreign Exchange so that delegates can ship their items from the same place where they exchange their money.
