Elite Clearing and Forwarding
Elite Clearing and Forwarding is driven by adding value to its clients’ products and services by offering them personalised freight movement services
Elite Clearing & Forwarding
A clear winner Elite Clearing and Forwarding (Pty) Ltd is an expert international shipping company offering comprehensive logistics & freight solutions. Writer Chris Farnell Project manager Stuart Shirra Whatever industry you work in, the chances are that at some point you rely on logistics. Whether it's a question of importing essential supplies, or getting your own products to foreign markets, virtually every company has to, at some point, entrust the cargo that makes it possible for them to do business to someone else, often over a long distance with plenty of potential hazards along the way. Elite Clearing and Forwarding is a company dedicated towards making that part of your business as painless as possible. As Ben Van Rensburg, Elite Clearing and Forwarding's Managing Director explains, "We see ourselves as a logistical management company. We manage the process from A-Z, making sure everyone involved does whatever is needed to get cargo from the start to the end of its journey with the least possible risk and in the most cost effective way." The movement of cargo doesn't just involve one component; it may involve trucks, ships, warehouses, harbours or planes, each run by a separate company with its own procedures, rules and communications channels. This creates a potential minefield of problems as cargo is passed from one company to another. Elite Clearing and Forwarding's job is to make that transition as smooth as possible with no or minimal delays at the lowest cost. "We act somewhat like a musical conductor," Van Rensburg says. "By making sure…