ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s shipping and logistics enterprise unveiled massive infrastructure expansion projects in its eight dry ports in order to provide improved services at home and abroad.
The Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Service Enterprise (ESLSE) disclosed that it has planned to expand services at home and across the globe through improving the accessibility and quality of services this Ethiopian fiscal year.
The ESLSE Chief Executive Officer Beriso Amelo (PhD) told local media that the enterprise is primarily working focus on cross-border trade transportation and improve customer service provision in a bid to further strengthen its competitiveness and accessibility. It has been undertaking various activities to enable customers to access its services from home via technology-assisted platforms and messages.
Mentioning the 7.5 million tons of shipment managed by ESLSE last year, the CEO expressed that this year, the enterprise expectsa 10% increase as it expands destinations to provide more accessible and competitive shipping and logistics services in the world.
According to him, ESLSE also planned to generate 60 billion Birr revenue this Ethiopian fiscal year, which has a three billion Birr increment from last year’s earnings.
Last year ,the enterprise had achieved a twofold performance withstanding global security and other challenges thereby increasing country’s global influence, like Ethiopian Airlines, for providing improved services in 345 ports across the globe. Therefore, Beriso stressed that ESLSE’s services are the backbone of Ethiopia’s economy.
BY TSEGAYE TILAHUN
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2024
