As technology evolved, the movement of goods and commodities from one place to another has evolved with different modes of transportation. cargo services provide transportations of any type of goods via sea, land and air routes. African strive for development and global integration. The role of cargo has helped in driving economic growth and connecting African nation to the global market. What is mainly expected in the cargo? The packing with real time tracking which makes things easier and more trackable.
The main challenges faced by the cargo services in Africa, they are developing country and still they have skimpy transportation infrastructure which leads to delay in the transportation of goods. There is always room for the technology, cargo services are still adapting for new tracking system and digital communication tools. Whatever context we take security been a question in every subject. Theft and security issues are faced by cargo services, so it important to protect the goods and track the goods as per the needs.
Apart from these, within the same country doesn’t require tedious process. Different countries have different procedures for the customs ranging from regulations, documentation and tariff structures. The paper work and documentation for each cargo services takes time and own requirement to pass the customs. As evolving country, the custom management system is made more digital rather than tedious manual process for some part of Africa. These enhances the process and reduce the delay from the manual process.
There are various ways of transporting the goods to Africa, but still, they face skimpy roads and primordial ports. There are only two to three ports available, but they lack in some region which makes it difficult to reach them in specified time. As we know, the transportation is made via sea, road and air. The air freight is mainly for most highly sensitive goods or to reach on time and one main drawback is that it is often high-priced option. The air freight is always dependent on another road medium logistics to deliver the good to their door steps.
The logistic services always struggle with the inventory management system, which includes managing the movement of goods, supply chain. The management of goods and warehousing is very essential. With the advanced technologies, the management of warehouse can be improved.
In summary, Africa being a developing country requires more infrastructure improvements to many parts which helps in improving logistics services promoting better economic space.
