Rigging specialist set to increase capacity

Despite the slower global
economy, strong demand
for rigging and machine
moving services has fuelled
capital investment and expansion for
a local machine moving specialist.
Rob Lovemore, a director of
Lovemore Bros, which has offices
in Durban, Richards Bay and
Johannesburg, said the company
had recently invested in new
specialised equipment to meet
demand and had grown its footprint
across the country. The company
has over 4500 sqm of machinery
warehousing with overhead cranes
and 10 000sqm of open storage
facilities within the port control
area at its Richards Bay branch in
the Industrial Development Zone
(IDZ).
“Our Johannesburg rigging branch
has had an outstanding year in terms
of business. Our client footprint
within Gauteng, Mpumalanga
and Limpopo has expanded and
the demand has been in both
transporting machinery from the
port as well as our popular Durban
to Johannesburg route,” Lovemore
said.
Lovemore Bros services include
cross-border logistics across sub-
Saharan Africa, machine moving and
rigging, mechanical installations,
abnormal load services, and general
cargo transport and handling.
Lovemore said the company had
recently introduced a Faymonville
eight-axle trailer and its own
specially engineered 80tm crane
truck to its fleet of specialised
equipment, which includes crane
trucks, abnormal low-bed vehicles
and mobile gantries that can lift up
to 350 tons.
“In the relatively small rigging
market of southern Africa, versatility
is the name of the game. The ability
to never say no to a request is what
customers want to hear and we have
found that staying ahead is about
investing in the quiet times and
being ready for the busy times with a
full tool box,” Lovemore said.
He added that the company had
plans to further increase capacity in
2017.
“We will be launching another
80tm crane truck as well as opening
up a new state of the art warehousing
facility at our branch in the Richards
Bay IDZ,” he said.
“We will also be improving our
service offering by implementing
a quality, health and safety
management system that complies
with OHSAS (Occupational Health
and Safety Advisory Services) 18001,
the leading standard in the industry,”
he said.
Lovemore said he expected to see
most growth in demand from the
infrastructure and services sectors.
CAPTION
Lovemore’s 80tm crane truck... another one on the cards.