Military precision on order at Kodiak Shipping

ALAN PEAT
AN UNUSUAL speciality at the logistics operation of Kodiak Shipping is the licensed movement of military equipment and personnel around Africa.
The company holds a permit from the National Arms Control Council (NACC) allowing it to position military deployments; is registered with the SA Police Services to carry firearms and import/export explosives; with the SA Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) under its particular conditions; and is an accepted part of the military defence complex.
Kodiak owns its own armed escort vehicles for moving military equipment and personnel to ports or airports Ð and is tasked with moving equipment for the SAPS and the SA military.
A main logistical exercise last year, CEO Colin Bowring told FTW, was the deployment of the Mozambique troops in the Nepad peace-keeping force to Burundi Ð with the redeployment and re-supply still in the pipeline.
But, while this is the companyÕs core business, it actually has a much wider range of products to offer.
The company is split into three divisions. One is the pure clearing and forwarding function; second is brokering military and general cargo deals; and the third its air charter division.