New warehouse on the cards,
writes Leonard Neill
Leonard Neill
EXPANDING OPERATIONS into Africa is not unusual for overseas companies these days. But when one decides to build its own airline pallets to speed up delivery requirements, then it is entering into new territory.
That's what United Link is doing in the UK, and our head office there is looking at doing the same here, says Petro Gouws, the forwarding company's South African manager.
We are also looking into the matter of establishing a warehouse near Johannesburg International Airport, (where United Link has offices in the agents' building). Our export service has increased to such an extent in the past two years that this would appear to be a step in the right direction.
The company, with its headquarters at Gatwick Airport and its UK warehouse at Heathrow, opened its South African service in 1986, confining itself to forwarding of imports and exports.
The clearing agents are actually our clients, says Gouws. In fact, in Durban (Astrid Shipping) and Cape Town (Sage Exports) we have agents to handle imports from London. In Johannesburg we handle the imports destined for Mozambique, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia. But we deal with all the clearing people on the export side.
Right now we figure in the top 10 SAA Cargo clients on the southbound section, and taking in more and more general cargo for exports as we are doing, we hope to be up in that sector in the northbound ratings fairly soon. We are now into exports worldwide and have a door-to-door service available through our network of offices and agents.
United Link is in the process of obtaining IATA accreditation, says Gouws, and is fully qualified to handle dangerous goods.
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