The expansion model of Reload Logistics, shaped around moving sulphur to the mines in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, often including copper and cobalt exports on the back-haul, has added significant storage to its East Coast capability.
This is after the company’s Tanzania director, Stijn Lombaerts, announced they have acquired a 50,000 square meter (sqm) sulphur bulk terminal at the Port of Richards Bay.
“This strategic move strengthens our logistics capabilities and underscores our commitment to providing end-to-end supply chain solutions to our clients,” he said.
The warehouse itself has a 10,000 sqm loading area and holds a record for tonnage discharged in a 24-hour period.
The acquisition adds another string to Reload’s bow on Southern Africa’s East Coast.
Out west, at the Port of Walvis Bay, Reload has already cemented a firm foothold.
Last June, following a visit to the port by Freight News, the company’s warehouse manager, Joël van der Waal, explained that securing strategic port storage was an important part of Reload’s service guarantee.
At the time, he said this was particularly the case with Walvis Bay, where space had become a nagging issue, often outpaced by transit-cargo demand for shipments such as sulphur to the Copperbelt.
News of the new facility in Richards Bay comes within one year after Scott Nisbett, who heads up operations at Reload, said progressive developments were in store for the movement of crucial cargo across the sub-Saharan hinterland.
- Read more about Reload Logistics here: "Safe storage lures the shippers."
