New unit will add bagging capacity

31 Mar 2017 - by Ed Richardson

Ongoing

investment in

Beira by the J&J

Africa Group

is supporting the growth

of the Beira

Corridor

for crossborder

bulk

shipments.

The group’s

Beira Logistics

Terminals

(BLT) is

replacing

its current

“fixed mobile”

bagging

machine for 50

kg bags with a

mobile Nectar unit.

“This will increase BLT’s

bagging capacity to 2 400

tons a day,” says Christian

Roeder, chief executive

officer of J&J Mozambique.

The existing bagger will

be converted to handle one

metric ton bags, with a daily

capacity of 500 tons per

day.

BLT is

also offering

project logistics

support, with the

appointment of

Kanishk Jaiswal

as a senior

manager to head

up BLT Projects.

Complementing

BLT is

Independent

Beira Logistics

Terminals and

Services (IBLTS), a customs

secure container depot

which now has a 3 500-sqm

all-weather cross-loading

facility and five supporting

warehouses totalling

around 11 000 sqm, he says.

The warehouses went

through the recent rainy

season without f looding,

according to Roeder.

A sixth warehouse of

2 200 sqm is due to open

shortly.

“All warehouses have a

concrete slab, enabling us

to handle a full variety of

products,” he says.

Specialized Transport

(ST) is continuing to

increase its tanker f leet,

with the f leet increasing by

50%.

Further expansion is

planned for 2017, he says.

“We are making these

investments because

we believe in the Beira

Corridor and

its potential

to continue

growing,” adds

Roeder.

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All warehouses

have a concrete

slab, enabling us

to handle a full

variety of products.

– Christian Roeder