Operator targets northern SADC growth

GSF Trucking is on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) expansion path and is currently in the process of leasing offices and yard space in Zambia. “We are weighing our options in terms of location between Lusaka and Ndola with the latter a nose ahead due to the proximity to Kitwe in Zambia and Lubumbashi, Likasi and Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),” said Dhiren Krishna, managing director of the Durban-based logistics company. He told FTW that GSF hoped to have its own Zambia team operational “sometime next year”. He added that Zambia had traditionally been a stable economy with predictable growth, output and throughput to southern DRC. “Zambia is ideally situated as the nerve centre of northern SADC operations, potentially opening up further trade into the Great Lakes region in Central Africa,” said Krishna. “GSF’s volumes have grown to the point where we need to establish a bigger, full-time presence in the SADC region. “We see our regional presence growing to include around seven or eight staff at the regional office, including a regional operations controller, two mechanics as well as admin and workshop support staff,” he commented.