R20m truck investment boosts expansion drive

The Mesquita Group, based

in Beira, is marking its

25th anniversary of being

in business by investing

in new trucks and expanding its

head office.

“We have grown from one

truck to being one of the biggest

operators in the region,” says

commercial director Celso

Mesquita.

Over the past year Transport

Carlos Mesquita (TCM) has

invested R20 million in new

trucks sourced from South Africa.

At any one time the group can

have around 190 trucks on the

road in Mozambique, Malawi,

Zambia and Zimbabwe.

All are tracked using

the latest technology. “We

deliver cost-effective services

by regularly updating our

technology and developing new

facilities to meet the changing

needs of our customers,” says

Mesquita.

TCM operates a six hectare

inland container depot with two

10 000-sqm warehouses and a

container yard four kilometres

from the port of Beira.

It offers the full range of

logistics value-added services in

the facility, such as the packing

and destuffing of containers.

A sister company, Indico

Logistics, provides the full

logistics service, including

clearing and forwarding.

There are plans for the

development of a second inland

container depot covering 100

hectares outside Beira. It will

be one of the biggest container

depots in Mozambique.

New offices are currently

under construction for the

Mesquita Group, which includes

TCM, Sermoz, Multiservicos

(MTS), Dammo Service System,

Indico Logistics, Mozambique

Solucoes e Equipamentos and

Agriverde.

Over the next year Mesquita

will be focusing on growing

the group while the day to

day running of TCM will be

handled by his nephew, Orlando

Mesquita.