Mozambique is next on expanding express network

WITH ITS Johannesburg/Durban to Lesotho route in place, Mozambique pending and sights fixed on Namibia, Express Cargo is poised to be the one-stop over-border overnight parcel delivery system for the region. “All the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle are falling into place. Our Botswana route is established, and we started Lesotho last month. We have a warehouse there. Like the Gaborone route, we can handle shipments from Durban that go to our Johannesburg office and then to Maseru. Customers should contact our Jo’burg office,” Express Cargo managing director Mark Svenningsen told FTW. The firm has been one of Swaziland’s top overnight delivery companies for two decades, and only recently started expanding its service throughout SADC, beginning with Botswana. The trip from Durban to Gaborone via the Express Cargo hub in Johannesburg, where trucks leave nightly, is two days. “We just took delivery this week of five Superlinks,” Svenningsen told FTW. The company’s Maputo partner holds an all-important customs clearing certificate which is issued only to individuals, not companies. The way is paved for Johannesburg-Mozambique overnight parcel delivery into an economy Svenningsen believes is exploding with potential for South Africans. “We are exploring Namibia. Windhoek is next for us. To and from Durban and Johannesburg we are the firm that handles everything for a customer shipping to six countries (including SA),” said Svenningsen. An attractive service for customers is Express Cargo’s handling of full documentation for cargo, including border clearances via EDI so that company trucks, which are satellite-tracked, are precleared. The service significantly reduces border delays.