Getting it right for the breweries …

Thanks to careful planning and preparation, 54 containers and ten vehicles carrying abnormal loads recently reached their destination in Zimbabwe without a hitch – despite strict time-lines and the looming Easter weekend road embargo. Turners Shipping was responsible for the delivery of the containers and cases which contained the machinery for a complete bottling line that is being installed at a brewery outside Harare. “In 2009 we handled all of the equipment for a new brewery that was being built in Gauteng before the Soccer World Cup,” Chris Mulder, project manager at Turners Shipping told FTW. “The success of that project put us in line for this new business.” The containers and cases arrived at the Port of Durban on two vessels in the last week of March. The standard containers were loaded and sent on their way while the cases, 5.7 metres wide and 3.7 metres high, presented more of a challenge. “We chose to use the container terminal’s cranes to unload the cases and to place them on the vehicles,” said Mulder. “A project like this can be divided into two sections, the physical transport and the planning and administration that ensure the smooth movement of the freight. “I am pleased to say that we managed to complete this project without any standing time, within the time-frame and budget,” he said.