Joint venture pushes rail option on Jo’burg-Maputo route

Getting cargo moving on
rail again is one of the
aims of a new initiative
between Transport Logistics
Mozambique and Nzenga
Junction.
The two companies have
just launched a Container Unit
Train service between Maputo,
Mozambique and Alrode,
Johannesburg.
Says Nzenga Junction’s
Kevin Davy: “In recent years
we have not been set up to
move cargo on rail between
Maputo and Johannesburg.
This initiative will see cargo
moving off the road and
back on rail. We have high
expectations of this new
concept.”
Promising to add value
to their customers, the two
organisations have joined
forces and will offer complete
supply chain management
which includes making
available empty rail wagons,
daily tracking reports,
monitoring and expediting
wagons and storage and
handling facilities.
“On the South African
side we will take charge
of the cargo once it arrives
via rail in Alrode, off load
for the customer and do
a road transfer to its final
destinations where we will
turn the empty containers
around,” says Davy. “On the
Mozambican side Transport
Logistics Mozambique, which
is a division of Trans Regional
Holdings, will do exactly
the same.”
Davy says for export
purposes Nzenga Junction will
ensure empty containers are
available at the customer’s
warehouse for packing,
and these will be transferred
to Alrode for rail shipment
to Maputo.
“This is about adding
value to customers by having
a scheduled service in
place that offers a complete
containerised cargo service
including packing and
storage,” says Davy.