Zambia tops the growth list for specialist logistics operator

TRANSPORT INTO Africa is the main
business target for Interlogix – a
specialised agent focused on transit
traffic to various African destinations,
according to company director,
Thomas Sage.
“Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana
and anywhere else our clients may
require,” he said.
Durban-based Interlogix is a
black economic empowerment (BEE)
compliant company, also registered
with customs at Richards Bay for
project cargoes, and by customs in
Johannesburg.
From its extensive list of African
destinations, Zambia has proven to
be one of the most productive areas
for the company in recent times, and
now generates a significant amount
of business for Interlogix.
According to Sage, this country
has grown significantly in the last
few years, with huge development
taking place, and Interlogix has had
a fair share of the project work into
Zambia.
Project highlights of the year so
far have been the movement of a
4 865m3, 3 548-ton cement plant,
which took 129 loads to carry it to its
destination in Zambia’s Copperbelt.
The company has another project
in process at the moment, again
bound for the Copperbelt – a cargo
measuring 2 615-m3 and weighing
493-t, and one which Sage calculates
will require 27 loads, most of them
4-m wide.
“We have the proven ability to coordinate
large projects shipped in one
bottom,” he told FTW, “minimising
port storage and transit time.
“Naturally projects are not
sustainable work throughout the
year and so we also do a lot of work
for the mining industry in Zambia
– with several big brands using us
exclusively for movement of their
machinery into that country.”