The decision to incorporate warehousing facilities into its business model has worked well for MSC Logistics, despite the outbreak of the global pandemic.
According to warehouse manager Oliver Schroeder, the company took occupation of its warehouse facility in July last year after a strategic decision to include warehousing facilities as part of its service offering to clients.“Additional services were introduced and we now offer warehousing, destuffing, stuffing and the storage of cargo for client s.”
He said Covid-19 had brought challenges, affecting imported cargo volumes – and most businesses had been hit hard by the pandemic.“Most companies in the warehousing and depot space are working hard to overcome the impact caused by Covid-19 and the imposed lockdown,” said Schroeder, indicating that hopes were high for business recovery in the second half of the year.
He told Freight News that there was strong demand for warehousing – and facilities had increased in the City Deep area as well as between Johannesburg and Pretoria, particularly along the R21 route.“We are in the process of applying for licences to meet the legal requirements for bonded cargo.
The facility is already PPECB compliant.”Situated in the City Deep industrial zone in Johannesburg, 2km from the Transnet Freight Rail City Deep rail terminal, the facility is within a 5km radius of several third-party container depots.
“The warehouse is situated next to the MSC full and empty depots, allowing for easy access to both depots to access containers for destuffing and stuffing. It is also ideally located for the storage of cargo and will reduce intermodal costs.”