Groupage service to DRC takes off

Overborder specialist Dynamix
Freight Africa has added a
weekly consolidation service
to the DRC to its service portfolio,
complementing its FCL option using
Super-links and triaxles on the route.
Initially the groupage service covers
Lubumbashi, but it will be extended
to other destinations on demand, says
managing director Kay Sendel.
“Cargo is routed via both Botswana
and Zimbabwe, and over the past year
we have achieved a transit time of 7-12
days per trip,” says Sendel.
The route has clearly proved to be a
lucrative option.
“It’s taken off tremendously,” says
Sendel, “due to mining investments
and the subsequent strengthening of the
local economy.”
He acknowledges that the year ahead
is not without challenges. “There’s the
political scenario in the DRC as well
as the global financial crisis which has
also hit the DRC hard, with commodity
prices taking a dip. Yet the forecast for
the mining industry in the long run is
positive and more investments will
take place.”
Dynamix has been involved in food
projects for the southern DRC as well
as business for the mining houses.
“Both have increased our volume
substantially over the past year and we
believe that this will continue in the
year ahead.
“Although the year has started
slowly, we are seeing more business
coming through now.”
Sendel would like to see more
investment in road infrastructure to
speed up the turnaround time of trucks.
“No doubt future investments will take
place in the DRC.”