Huge transhipment potential in SADC

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has the potential to become a world-class transhipment community that will not only improve its inland supply chain efficiency but also drive down the cost of business. According to Nadia Viljoen, scientific editor of the 9th State of Logistics Survey, frequent and reliable coastal shipping and better connectivity to global markets will facilitate operational efficiencies, while the region could earn tangible revenues by offering these services for maritime traffic currently just passing the continent on the Cape route. “There are large volumes of cargo that could be shifted from the Suez Canal route to the Cape route if SADC offered a globally competitive transhipment alternative,” she said.