Express road service caters for urgent mining equipment

WITH CLEARING times in excess of three days going into southern Africa for groupage loads, booming mining projects there demand a faster option to keep production rolling. “Emergencies require urgency, and our dedicated express service is geared to meet this urgency,” Peter Loram of over-border freight specialists BP Freight told FTW. “The mines often need spares, and downtime can severely dent the financial situation, so the spares need to get there quickly.” The company offers a dedicated direct express service for time-sensitive cargo that cannot wait for the clearing and de-consolidation process to get the specific parcel to the mine. “It’s even quicker than airfreighting the cargo as the mines are often 300km and more from the nearest airport,” Loram said. “Consolidations into Zimbabwe have been on the increase since the beginning of the year, so that service can pick up any SA-bound cargo. But if the express load has cargo to bring back, it will pick that up too,” Loram said.