SADC focus pays off for logistics major

After posting an impressive 21% increase in turnover last year, attributable in part to its growth in the SADC region, Cargo Carriers is confident of achieving more of the same for the year ahead. The bulk of the company’s cross-border business involves transporting fuel to Zimbabwe and Zambia, and supplies and fertiliser into the mining and farming sectors of the SADC region. “Zimbabwe is now in a position where it can, and needs, to buy fuel and we expect to reap the reward of additional transport as the economy recovers,” says CEO Murray Bolton. “The Zambian economy is also strengthening. The mining sector is growing due to the surge in the price of copper, and the agricultural sector is booming. Cargo Carriers is currently transporting mining equipment, pipes and fertiliser into Zambia,” he said. The company has also become a strong supplier of logistics management and optimisation software into the region. Its suite of software products is designed with African conditions in mind, and it has consultants who are active and comfortable working in the SADC region, he said. “Throughout the SADC, most trading routes are by road rather than rail. The Federation of East and Southern African Transport Associations is improving the flow of goods in the region, and Cargo Carriers is in the vanguard of these developments.”