TCS sets up specialist project division

A developing skill in handling
project cargoes has
encouraged TCS Freight
to start promoting this sort of cargo
movement as a new discipline in
the company, according to MD
Rogan Brent.
This focus on project cargo
is now helping to occupy the
transport and logistics division’s
fleet of specialised project cargo
trailers, he told FTW.
“We now have 17 lowbed stepdeck
loaders,” he added, “ranging
from 30 to 47-tonne load capacity.
“We also have other well-deck
loaders, ranging from 55-75-t.”
These haul cargoes on the
Durban-Johannesburg route – and
to anywhere in the sub-Saharan
area, according to Brent.
The company has developed
a specialised sector working
on project cargoes, and the
experience to date has been highly
satisfactory,
he added.
This has included the Sakonia
project for a mine in the Copper
Belt; and sections and structures
for a bridge on the Ndola to
Sakania road in Zambia.
There has also been the
movement of four Terex 240
excavators, each in 38 loads, from
Durban to the Fungurume mine in
Tenke in the Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC).
“These,” said Brent, “were
intended for the excavation of this
principal mine in the region.”
TCS was also responsible
for moving all the construction
machinery for the Lusaka to
Choma road in Zambia – a project
consignment including more than
60 tippers and road rollers.