Intraspeed anticipates major developments for year ahead

The Western Cape has time and again shown its mettle as one of the most dynamic growth provinces, a fact Intraspeed South Africa is all too keenly aware of as it anticipates major developments in and around Cape Town for the year ahead. “Cape Town is currently the fastest growing city in South Africa and the centre for energy development and fresh produce,” says Paul Thomas, the company’s Montague Gardens-based branch manager for Cape Town. The Provincial Economic Review and Outlook for 2011 predicts the Western Cape economy will grow 3.2% this year, slightly below the 3.4% forecast for the country as a whole. The province has a lot going for it in many ways, that much realised by many domestic and international companies in choosing to base their headquarters here. That thinking will no doubt be fuelled by future investment initiatives, with proactive companies like Intraspeed running with the ball following president Zuma’s recent State of the Nation address declaring that government has allocated R20 billion in tax breaks to encourage new projects. An international freight forwarding company offering all aspects of international and domestic freight forwarding and operating from Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, Intraspeed has over the years become a major player in Africa, with intimate knowledge of cargo movement to and from the continent. This has enabled it to provide end-to-end solutions on a continent embracing 53 nations – the newest (54th), Southern Sudan with its oil-rich reserves, to emerge midyear. Intraspeed has been active in South Africa for eleven years but offers much greater experience in other parts of the continent – 20 years in fact – and has opened new offices in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. Its airfreight export service offers daily scheduled flights to most destinations, charter flights also if required, while its seafreight export division offers weekly services to most direct ports of call. It also offers LCL and FCL trucking/rail services to all neighbouring states and a wide variety of other services such as project management, warehousing and customs clearance.