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LAA Silver Award
Effective partnering
DACHSER South Africa was tasked with the mammoth job of shipping raw materials from
South Africa to China and then the fi nal manufactured machinery back to South Africa.
The challenge sourced from various suppliers dispersed
The client required the replacement of two nationally across South Africa. Each material
stacker reclaimers and two ship loaders to is extracted and prepared at different times –
be fabricated in China using raw materials collection took about four months. DACHSER
from South Africa. DACHSER South Africa South Africa collected all the materials
was involved in collection of the materials, from the various suppliers for packing into
transporting these to the Durban port, containers at its sophisticated warehousing
ensuring customs clearance and correctly facility in Johannesburg.
loading the cargo onto the waiting ships.
Once the machinery was manufactured some The solution
months later, it was shipped back to South DACHSER South Africa’s experience and
Africa by DACHSER South Africa, cleared track record were key factors in being
through customs, offloaded and delivered to appointed for the project. The company’s
Richards Bay. practical know-how, supported by a real-time,
The project was not only multifaceted, intelligent logistics system, gave the client
but included multiple stakeholders. The confidence in its ability to ensure that this
materials (steel, machinery, belting, etc.) were undertaking would be seamlessly handled.
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