New Manica terminal for Harare

Manica Zimbabwe is
consolidating its Harare
operations in a new multimodal
terminal which is
fully integrated into the
Manica Africa network.
The new terminal will
have the same lifting
equipment and systems as
other Manica terminals
across the sub-continent in
order to offer a common
standard of service, and
to help exporters and
importers manage their
risks, according to Albert
Kamhunga, managing
director of Manica
Zimbabwe.
Dealing with a single
operator that works within
its own network helps
reduce the logistical risks of
doing business in Zimbabwe
and neighbouring states, he
says.
Manica offers preclearance
and pre-payment
of border costs and trucking
insurance through all
the major border posts to
ensure a quicker turnaround
of customer documents and
reduction of truck dwell
time.
Manica Zimbabwe –
which is part of the Bidvest
group – has its head office
in Harare, and offices at
all the major border posts
– Beitbridge, Chirundu,
Nyamapanda and Forbes, as
well as in the major cities of
Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru
and Mutare.
The company operates
container parks in
Bulawayo and Harare. They
are both fully equipped
inland ports, with 30-ton
gantry cranes and forklifts.
It also has 30 000m² of
warehousing in Harare,
which means that it has
been able to handle major
logistical projects for aid
organisations, mines, and
the tobacco industry.
They offer storage and
handling of full and empty
containers, in-bond storage,
de-stuffing and final
delivery of containers to
customer’s door. And that
includes any destination
within Zimbabwe using
Manica’s own fleet of
vehicles.
The customer incurs no
further depot storage costs
once the delivery order is
submitted to Manica, says
Kamhunga.
For exports, Manica
offers container packing and
transport to the customer’s
port or destination of choice.
Manica road and rail freight
services include full truck
loads, abnormal loads, and
consol services.
As part of the Manica
Africa group, Manica
Zimbabwe partners with
international logistics and
shipping companies Genesis
and Panalpina, which have
offices on all six continents.
An office has also
been opened in Beira for
the growing volumes of
Zimbabwe imports and
exports being handled by
the port.
Manica Zimbabwe also
provides worldwide, doorto-
door service for all
types of air freight cargo.
It is the only registered
freight company with
offices located within the
Cargo Village at Harare
International Airport.
The company holds
the sole agency for South
African Airways Cargo
(SAA Cargo) through its
subsidiary Air Freight
Services (AFS), located in
the same premises.
Manica has also
established a transit facility
four kilometres from the
Beitbridge border post
inside Zimbabwe to handle
vehicle imports and transit
through Zimbabwe. The
car carriers “go straight
through” customs at the
border, and are escorted to
the transit facility, where
the vehicles are processed.
This has helped ease
congestion at the border
post and speed up the
importation and transit
of vehicle imports, says
Kamhunga.