A decision to replace
its entire fleet of
trucks with new
vehicles covered by
full maintenance contracts has
freed up infrastructure and
management capacity within
Lalgy – which, in turn, is opening
up new market segments for the
company, according to Junaide
Lalgy, managing director and
founder of Transportes Lalgy.
New trailers have also been
purchased, with the supplier
taking on the responsibility to
maintain them.
The company is now able to
focus more closely on customer
service and on raising its quality
and productivity.
Transportes Lalgy has four
divisions – bulk cargo; tankers
for fuel and vegetable oil; general
cargo; and out of gauge cargo. It
can also provide warehousing and
logistics planning services.
“Lalgy is now a full service
logistics company rather than
just a transporter. There is a new
generation driving the next phase
of the company’s
life,” he says.
Day-to-day
operations
are now the
responsibility
of his son Ali
Lalgy, who
is building
up a young
management
team.
The company
is working towards ISO 9001
certification in order to meet the
requirements of corporate clients
such as the mines and the gas and
oil sector.
Lalgy provides a full transport
service within a mine, and takes
on the full cost of acquiring the
necessary equipment where there
is a contract in place, says Lalgy.
“For one client we are carrying
200 000 tons
of coal a month
from the mine
to the nearest
rail siding,” he
says.
Lalgy has
also supplied
the handling
equipment.
“We are
responsible for
the full planning
and management of the movement
of the coal,” he says.
Investment is also being made
to support the increasing need
for modern fuel tankers, and for
specialised heavy haul equipment.
“We are renewing our tanker
fleet, and a truck/trailer off
gauge combination capable of
transporting 150-ton pieces is
being imported from Europe. This
means that the equipment will no
longer have to be hired from South
Africa,” he says.
Lalgy transports fuel
throughout the region, as far as
the Democratic Republic and
Namibia.
With its workshops now no
longer handling the fleet there is
space to build new warehouses.
The company is also planning
to invest in Beira, where it has
80 000 sqm of land next to the
port.
“It is the ideal site for a full
logistics centre with both
warehousing and open storage
areas,” he says.
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For one client we are
carrying 200 000 tons of
coal a month from the mine
to the nearest rail siding.
– Junaide Lalgy
