Introduction
OVERVIEW
The South African Shippers' Council (Council) serves as a representative body of Cargo Owners in Southern Africa. The objective of this document is to provide a summary of the formal view of the Council regarding specific matters concerning its role on behalf of its members.
In terms of its objectives, the Council has taken a decision to pursue only matters of principle. It will therefore not involve itself in any commercial relationship between a shipper and its logistics service providers, other than where such relationship implies a matter of principle, not only to the specific shipper, but also to shippers in general.
The Council's objective, in the broadest sense, is to represent the interests of Members throughout the total supply chain, exclusive of logistics matters related to people. This representation of interests has a bearing on the members as cargo owners inclusive of their internal transport and storage of products and materials.
Members of The Council may be any natural or legal person that carries on business in and is a user of logistics - related services, in the context of transport, storage, handling, packaging and logistics support services, and qualifies in terms of an involvement in the total supply chain. These organizations through the performance of business, services and/or tasks, transport or perform logistics services irrespective of whether these services are in house services or third party provided services.
For more detail please visit the Councils website: www.sashipper.org.za or
contact LM Pelser at lm.pelser@absamail.co.za or 0826597755
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