New Beira warehouse complex for Bridge

Bridge Shipping has a facility with a 7’200 sqm warehouse and a 10’000 sqm yard to meet the rapidly expanding need for warehouse facilities and services in Beira outside the port area. The facility has equipment capable of handling full and empty containers, as well as various commodities, according to Billy Rodrigues, Bridge Shipping managing director for Mozambique and Malawi. Both Bridge’s offices in the city and at the warehouse are linked to the Bridge Operating System (BOS). It has been customised by the Bridge Shipping group to track cargo and control stock, so ensuring there is common documentation across the group. The new warehouse is customs bonded and designed to cater mainly for tobacco from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe and other high value commodities such as copper. “Bridge is a registered transit agent and performs all these functions in-house except for the transport – and that we subcontract to reliable specialists,” says Rodrigues. In addition to the handling of minerals and tobacco, Bridge has extensive experience in project cargo, with support from offices in all neighbouring countries. “We work and communicate closely with our offices in the neighbouring countries to ensure the efficient delivery of cargo. Bridge offers the full range of logistics service,” he says. CAPTION Working in the new Bridge warehouse in Beira are, from left to right, Sadique Bernardo, Kyle Swart, Billy Rodrigues and Selemane Vale.