Zambian exporters can
increase control of their
logistics chains by using hubs as
staging posts, says Jerome Binois,
who has been executive director
of Bollore Africa Logistics
Zambia since February this year.
Bollore is busy with
“significant investments into
logistics in Zambia” in order to
allow clients to make use of the
hub concept.
The company will soon be
opening a 2 000-sqm warehouse
in Lusaka to add to the 20 000
sqm of warehouse and open space
area, bonded or free, it already
has in the country.
Instead of despatching goods
from the point of production,
exports can be routed through
a warehouse hub using the most
cost-effective port, taking into
account the full costs along the
logistics chain.
Bollore is able to leverage the
strength of its sister companies
Zalawi Haulage, Rainbow and
White Horse Carriers, which
between them operate over
400 trucks running from the
Copperbelt along all the trade
corridors.
Bollore also has offices at all
the ports and in neighbouring
countries.
The company’s African network
covers 42 countries, says Binois.
“We can take advantage of the
strength of the group to help
both importers and exporters in
Zambia,” he says.
Group expertise includes
value-added logistics, and
Bollore manages a high-security
warehouse in Lusaka where
cellphones are assembled before
distribution in the local market.
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Bollore’s new warehouse under construction in Lusaka.
