PM Africa Magazine Issue 01 | Page 53

Logistics the load from anywhere in the world to that port. A simplification of documentary processes, the eradication of complicated bureaucratic processes, the harmonization of standards and a reduction of border delays will go a long way in reducing transport costs. There needs to be an ongoing drive to foster total regional economic integration in Africa. An imbalance in inter-regional trade between the different countries due to the lack of manufacturing and production facilities also impacts negatively on transport costs. Concargo is the Southern African representative of a number of Global Project Forwarding consortiums’ and Freight Forwarding networks. Transformation/local benefic