Tobacco exporters increasingly opt for containers

As tobacco and cotton lint exporters tune into the benefits of containerisation, Safmarine is expecting a 10% increase in volumes moving over-border from Zimbabwe to South Africa in the year ahead. “Not only are the cotton lint and tobacco sectors important contributors to the Zimbabwean economy, but they’ve also become increasingly important to Safmarine as a result of a growing trend to containerise these commodities rather than move them breakbulk,” says Andrew Kuster, Safmarine’s Zimbabwe country manager. “Containerisation reduces security risks when moving the product over borders and reduces the need to rehandle and refumigate.”