Helping clients to manage logistics risks

Long distances, numerous border crossings, corruption and the state of the road and rail links all add to the risks of doing business in the Southern African Development Community. Woker Freight Services Namibia is helping its clients to mitigate these risks by investing in the skills and people needed to provide doorto- door logistics solutions, says Philip Coetzee, general manager of Woker Freight Services Namibia. The company has strengthened its presence in Windhoek in order to support traffic along the road corridors coming from South Africa and Botswana, in addition to its airfreight service. “We are able to negotiate good rates with the trucking companies because they know who they are dealing with, and payments are secured, even though the end customer may not have paid yet,” he says.