A new environmental friendly coal storage and distribution centre in Cape Town has been opened by Wescoal Trading, in partnership with Logistics Intelligence (LQ).

This handling/transhipment facility, a first of its kind in the industry, is a ‘carbon capture’ site which substantially reduces the carbon footprint by not only switching transportation from road to rail but also ensuring that the product does not go to ground during transportation, transhipment or bulk storage.

Andre Boje, Chief Executive Officer of Wescoal says , “We are very proud to be involved in this distribution centre which is environmentally friendly and which will reduce our carbon footprint in the overall coal supply process”.
Wescoal is a coal trader and this solution is one of the ways in which it is taking a responsible approach to providing clients with coal in an environmentally friendly manner.

This new transhipment centre is the first of its kind in Africa, resulting in 10 000 tons of coal per month being taken off the road and transported by train (equal to 350 road vehicles).

Dirch Olsen from LQ says, “A similar facility is already being planned for Port Elizabeth. This process is very clean and enables a seamless intermodal solution without adding cost to the supply chain.