New project cargo company launched

Cutting costs while maintaining service levels will be the big challenge in 2015 – and more so for companies entering the market. But, says Nelly Thabethe, shareholder and managing director of Nakati Holdings, a newly established black womanowned (BWO) logistics business, this is not an insurmountable challenge. “We launched the company to enter the project and abnormal logistics market with a fresh, handson approach, with a standard of service aimed at exceeding whatever the market has experienced to date,” Thabethe told FTW. “Keeping control of costs in that environment will be challenging but we believe we can do it. Communication, transparency and honesty are what form the basis of our business strategy moving forward.” Thabethe launched the company at the end of 2014 with fellow shareholders Carl Webb and John du Bourg of Project Logistics Management (PLM), both of whom have extensive experience in the project cargo and abnormal load sectors. “We believe there is opportunity in the market for a specialist BWO company such as ours,” says Thabethe. “Our goal is not to be everything to everyone but to offer a very specialist logistics solution to an elite market in the abnormal and project fields.” INSERT & CAPTION We believe there is opportunity in the market for a specialist black woman-owned company such as ours. – Nelly Thabethe