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Diversification
MSC has successfully diversified into the business of
container depots, mineral packing sites and warehouses,
most of which have custom bond facilities. These are
situated in Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Coega,
East London, Rosslyn and Pretoria. Rosslyn boasts its
own rail siding as facilitating clients’ access to their
manufacturing plants, is a particularly critical issue for
the motor industry.
In addition, MSC has successfully diversified into
the business of providing landside trucking services
across South Africa with a dedicated owned fleet of
trucks and trailers and a pool of owner/driver trucking
service providers.
Social Responsibility
From a socio-economic perspective MSC mainly
contributes to charities such as the Domino Foundation
focusing on early childhood development, Reach
for a Dream and the upliftment of the community of
Umzimkhulu, which is one of the poorest in the country
with a high HIV rate. MSC funds various schools and
provides access to bursaries to its employees’ children.
A training academy has been established to upskill,
train (at MSC’s own expense) and provide employment
to black South Africans in the fields of hospitality and
also in the field of maintenance and repair in the
shipping industry. This is a ten-year project with an
investment of R102 000 000.
Training Programmes/Skills Development
MSC offers several training and learnership pro-
grammes to employees across the organisation as well
as to unemployed youth and people with disabilities:
International Trade
Liner Trade
Basic Legal Principles
Supervisory Skills
Manage Logistics Operations
Communication Skills
Grievance & Discipline
Analysing & Solving Problems
Conflict Management
Health & Safety
Customer Service
Manage Personal Finance
Telephone Etiquette
CSI Courses
Several online courses relating to business
operations and compliance
Learnership: International Trade
Learnership: Freight Forwarding & Customs
Compliance
Learnership: Shipping
MSC attributes its success to the extremely close
relationships that they have built with clients; a strategy
they anticipate will move MSC into the number one
position in the world in the future.
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