Siginon Aviation relocates head office in Nairobi

By Brian Yatich

Logistics firm Siginon Group has announced plans to relocate its head office to Nairobi’s JKIA facilities next year as part of its strategy to move closer to customers and grow its business in the region.

This follows the firm’s Aviation arm registering strong business performance as it hopes to leverage on its latest storage facility with an in build perishable center and 2000 square metre of cold room floor space to spur business growth.

As Kenya strengthens its position as East Africa’s business hub, the imports and exports business has been on a steady growth in cargo volumes particularly in export of perishables as well as vehicles and general cargo imports leading to the company’s repositioning.

At the center of this logistics operation, the critical role played by clearing agents takes a centre stage which has driven Siginon Aviation an air cargo terminal based at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to hold forums with these agents to deliberate on the opportunities that are occasioned by the growth of air cargo business.

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Addressing the agents during a breakfast meeting, Siginon Aviation Divisional Manager Jared Oswago said there was need to work closely with custom agents to enable them explore the opportunities available to enhance fast and efficient cargo clearance along the various routes arising from increasing regional and international airlines contracted by the Aviation firm as well as familiarizing them with available facilities at new air cargo terminal.

“Clearing agents have a critical role in facilitating cargo movement into and out of the country. As an air cargo terminal, we must ensure that both our objectives are aligned for business and economic growth in Kenya”,Oswago added.

Siginon Group Finance Director, Paul Maiyo said the logistics firm is in the business of delivering peace of mind to all customers and providing business partners with opportunities to grow.

Siginon Aviation is one of the four air cargo terminals at JKIA and recently opened its operations in a new USD 10 million air cargo terminal at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in addition to its operations at the Eldoret International Airport.

The terminal handles a number of cargo airlines notably, Cargolux, Singapore Cargo (SIACARGO), Cargologic, Safari Express among others.

The logistics industry further received a shot in the arm with the government launched the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

The SGR is projected to further boost the capacity of cargo handled through the port of Mombasa and facilitate faster and cheaper cargo movement.

“We are excited about the SGR developments and we are certain that once fully completed, it will boost our service delivery. Once completed and full functioning we will recommend the SGR as an additional freight mode of our air freight and sea freight customers”, Maiyo added.