Relentless pressure – but business is there for the taking

LOVE IT or hate it .....this is where it happens, good and bad. That’s Roland Raath’s take on the province. “Nightmare traffic makes cargo deliveries difficult let alone trying to do sales or service calls,” says the Cargocare MD. “With restrictive airline facilities and their parking problems one only hopes that the airfreight facilities will get the attention that the passenger facilities are getting at OR Tambo International." Gauteng’s dramatic growth has brought real challenges and yet this is the place to be in business, says Raath. “The competition is fierce, the pressure relentless, the volumes flowing … and we love it and thrive on it.” Customer demands are often difficult to fulfil. “Ever tried to book a flight for a 100kg person to Europe in 48 hours? Well Gauteng clients expect their agents to fly 100kg of airfreight on the same day they ring you – but that’s Johannesburg . “We don’t make excuses about customs, traffic – we just make it work and make it work well.” According to Raath, Cargocare achieves an 85% success rate for delivery of airfreight cargo on the same day as flight arrival.