New technology will boost efficiency

“Business sentiment needs to improve and we are hoping that banks will show more willingness to lend money to bolster the economy,” says Claude Nuttall, director of United Maritime Logistics. After the recession and global downturn in 2009, Nuttall believes there has been steady improvement over the past two years. “The strong rand helped as well as additional services that our USA agent provided over this period. We anticipate further growth from our project freight division which specialises in moving “out of gauge cargo”. He says as specialists on the USA import route, UML has seen an acceptable increase in shipments over the past 12 months. “We are working hard on introducing new technology to make shipping easier and more efficient, details of which will be announced in the near future. Our main port for USA consolidations is New York. However due to the increase in cargo from the south east we have been building consolidations from Atlanta which reduces transit time and inland freight costs.”