New deal expands facilities for Skyservices perishable shippers

RAY SMUTS THE RECENT expansion of perishable seafreight and airfreight specialist Skyservices to Cape Town, following successful negotiations with JJ’s Airfreight Cape, now offers airfreight clients the benefit of similar operations in both cities. “We are very pleased with developments,” says Skyservices MD, Bernd Jülicher. “Not only do we have the added expertise of JJ’s Airfreight Cape’s John Groves, Yusrie Jacobs, Winston Odendaal and their staff, but Skyservices is now a first class facility in the Mother City.” Skyservices’ Cape Town branch manager, Neil Ryan, adds: “Because JJ’s Airfreight Cape has a similar view and approach to ours, the process was easier than expected and the two facilities complement each other well.” In Johannesburg, Skyservices operates its own dedicated refrigerated terminal comprising 1 900m2 cold room space, running at four different regimes, from the ACSA Perishable Cargo Triangle at Johannesburg International Airport. It provides immediate access seven days a week. The company’s Durban branch specialises in bulk reefer and container reefer operations, in particular the handling of citrus exports and specific steri-requirements. It also specialises in the handling of over border-in-transit export cargo from countries like Zimbabwe. Jülicher asserts that being part of a bigger group extensively involved in agriculture throughout southern Africa gives Skyservices a better understanding and perspective of requirements and the current problems faced by perishable exporters. Skyservices is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intertrading Limited, the JSE-listed commodity exporters.