Riding out the storm

After 30 years of helping

customers navigate their

way through highs and lows

in Mozambique and around

the world, the LBH Group is

confident that it will be able

to weather the present wave

of challenges in this difficult

market, according to company

managing director, Athol

Emerton.

LBH Mozambique and LBH

South Africa were two of the

first offshore ventures of the

Rotterdam-based LBH Group

of Companies.

The Mozambican company

has offices in eight ports –

Maputo, Beira, Quelimane,

Moma, Angoche, Nacala,

Pemba, Mocimboa da Praia and

an inland office in Nampula.

With its presence in all the

commercial ports and its years

of experience in Mozambique

the company has expanded

beyond its traditional focus on

bulk shipping.

In 2014 LBH Mozambique

introduced LBH Xpress, a

specialised transport business,

which runs from Johannesburg

and Durban along the full 2 500

km length of Mozambique.

A partnership signed with

Barloworld in 2015 offers total

dry bulk commodity supply

chain solutions in and out of

Mozambique.

The partnership combines

LBH’s knowledge of the

movement of bulk commodities

with Barloworld’s supply chain

capabilities, giving clients a

single point of contact with the

multiple service providers found

along the dry bulk supply chain.

Services offered by

LBH Mozambique include

ships agency, clearing

and forwarding, tally and

sampling, marine surveys,

supply of support vessels, and

warehousing in Nacala and

Maputo.

The Mozambican operations

are complemented by associated

services in South Africa and

Namibia, also operating under

the LBH brand.