Road will help grow Maputo volumes

KEVIN MAYHEW ROAD TRANSPORT will play a vital role in efforts to lure cargoes to Maputo as exporters seek the most cost-effective options for their requirements, according to director of Peterbill Transport, Billy Phillips. Boksburg-based Peterbill Transport is presently completing a new depot at Rockysdrift in Nelspruit to facilitate its Mpumalanga and Gauteng carriage requirements to the Mozambican capital. “The situation where perishable exports from Mpumalanga such as citrus and avocados cannot move via the shortest and cheapest route will change in time when Maputo provides capacity to handle such exports. Road transport will play a vital role in the chain to move these products, as is already the case through Durban and Cape Town at present,” explains Phillips. Established in 1976, Peterbill Transport is a carrier of non hazardous goods. It services Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Windhoek, Free State, Botswana and Swaziland from Gauteng and Durban from Mpumalanga, Products include FMCG and building supplies from Gauteng and timber and mining products from Limpopo and Mpumalanga. It operates a fleet of 42 trucks and 75 semi trailers, including flatbeds, tautliners and pantechnicons and employs 110 people.