Damco expects Zimbabwe improvements - International Freighting Weekly

Damco expects Zimbabwe improvements - International Freighting Weekly: "Damco expects Zimbabwe improvements
By Mike King

Damco claims the Zimbabwe economy and business environment is stabilising and has now opened a new office in the capital city of Harare.
Although the political power-sharing agreement in Zimbabwe remains tense, Nils Havsager, Damco’s regional manager for Africa, anticipated increased logistics demand.
He said a more liberal economic environment and increased access to foreign credit would see rising cargo consolidation and the use of a variety of modes for imports and exports via the ports of Durban, Beira, and Maputo.
'We provide sound, local forwarding and supply chain management expertise combined with a global network, and Harare plays an important part as a logistics hub for neighbouring countries,' he added.'An example could be minerals out of Zambia, which are typically transported as break-bulk on trucks down to Durban because of the insufficient container availability.
'By using Harare as a logistics hub, we can now help our customers transport their break-bulk by truck from Zambia to Harare, containerise the cargo and then use rail as a cheaper means of transport out to ports of Beira, Maputo, and Durban.”"