SERVICES

Playfair Cartage is one of the largest global freight forwarders operating within a worldwide network. Customized solutions for your specific ocean freight requirement are at the heart of our services. Playfair Cartage can offer a flexible range of global and local Ocean Freight services for both Less-Than-Container Load (LCL) and Full-Container Load (FCL) shipments. These are backed by comprehensive Ocean Freight Management Services as well as Break-bulk, Project Forwarding, Partial and Full Charter Services. With weekly services on more than 600 routes connecting 10,000 ports your freight is in capable hands on the high seas, and beyond.

The company offers the best solutions in transport and distribution throughout Southern Africa, including Over-Border, ensuring that the customer’s demands are met personally.

 Our own fleet and access to a fleet of 133 trucks.
 Daily service to all provinces.
 Break-bulk services and handling.
 From full loads to parcels.
 Timeous deliveries.
 Satellite tracking of cargo.
 24 hour communication with drivers.
 Heavy duty machinery.
 20’ and 40’ container handling and storage.
 Approved Goods in Transit Insurance (GIT).
 Remover of goods in bond

Our customs clearance is handled quickly and efficiently by the experts at Playfair Cartage. We understand how important timely & error-free customs clearance is to your business. Our dedicated staff invest the time and energy necessary to be well prepared for any and all requests or to deal with any special concerns our clients may have.

We can assist you with your customs clearance needs as well as any tariff determinations, bonded warehouse entries, duty rebate applications plus the prevention and resolution of any customs stops and the preparation of your importer/exporter registration application.

Our clients get more than just warehousing space: they get targeted, focused, and fulfilled warehousing, designed to provide an outsourced warehouse solution that works for each company's specific needs. Our one-on-one relationship with each client, provides convenience, flexibility and cost-effective warehousing management services to a variety of industries.

Services include…

 Short term or long term contract storage.
 On-Line Electronic stock control management.
 Label Pick and Pack services.
 Dry, refrigerated and dangerous goods.
 Tank-tainer packing and loading.
 In-house National and Cross border distribution network offering clients complete logistic solutions.
 Certified food grade storage facilities
 Certified compliance to PPECB
 State Vet and port health approved facilities
 License Customs SOS and OS bonded warehousing

With the high demand of South Africa’s and Central Africa’s precious metals and minerals internationally, has resulted in the mining sector being the predominant export sector within the country. Playfair Cartage offers complete mineral handling from collection of cargo to delivery to vessels at various national ports. Our services with regard to bulk mineral are as follows:

 Site tippers for collection of cargo from various mines.
 18m weighbridge for weighing of trucks and cargo.
 Creating and labelling stockpiles as per grades.
 Bagging and re-bagging services.
 Arranging, sampling and testing of minerals.
 Collecting and staging of empty containers for pre-pack.
 12m container scale for accurate dispatch.
 45t container handler for storage and staging of containers.
 Bulk rail movement to Ports.
 Road transport to Ports.

Rail-based container transportation is a segment of our business. This entails loading and transporting containers to the requested destination. We provide rail container transportation for both as a standalone service and also as part of an integrated logistics solution. Our experienced staff provide personalized service delivery ensuring that our Clients deadlines are met. Our personal fleet of trucks provides us with a back-up service for any failures that may transpire with the rail networking systems due to any unforeseen circumstances with Transnet Freight Rail (TFR). Our partnerships with TFR enables us privileged solutions to rail networking by means of specialised rail sidings and equipment.

Project Cargo Management entails the ability to co-ordinate, expedite and monitor shipments to a particular job site, meeting specific deadlines, and at the same time arranging cost effective solutions for large scale imports and exports.

Playfair Cartage is a leading service provider that controls the movement of heavy abnormal indivisible project cargo to the oil, gas, mining, raw materials, power and construction industries throughout South Africa and Southern/Sub-Saharan Africa.

We believe that science, technology and innovation is the forefront in all industries and our specialized team of experts are assigned to each project offering clients personalised attention with unique solutions to deliver the best possible results.

 Co-ordinating release documentation timeously from the agents and TPT.
 Communication with site management.
 Marrying of cargo from various points (domestic and international).
 Utilising multiple modes of transportation, to arrive at the destination at the same time.
 Upliftment of cargo from the container terminal within 3 days, for storage at our premises.
 National and cross border transportation throughout Southern/Sub-Saharan Africa
 This service is provided throughout RSA and Sub Saharan Africa.
 Pre-loading, staging and storage of containers for distribution as per Clients requirements.
 Unpacking of containerized cargo for break-bulk deliveries to clients.
 Abnormal Cargo Handling.
 Special operations and rigging of abnormal cargo.