The consignments where competence is not optional, and where a cheap rate is worthless if the paperwork does not stand up.
For a customer moving hazardous cargo, our paperwork is not our problem. It is yours. A carrier that gets stopped, spills, or arrives with defective documentation creates a liability that lands straight back on the consignor.
That is why we treat permits, driver training, vehicle condition, load securing and documentation as part of the product we sell, not as an overhead we carry. You should be able to audit us and find nothing.
The regulatory and technical burden is real, and it is deliberately our moat. It is also the reason a customer can hand us a load that another operator has turned down.
Assessed by CAIA under Responsible Care for transport services, packaged hazardous and low hazard. Certificate 20250619-RC122, valid to June 2027, and you can check it yourself at caia.co.za.
Current dangerous-goods operator authorisation, kept unbroken rather than renewed in a scramble.
Drivers holding a valid PrDP and current dangerous-goods training, not a general licence and good intentions.
Placards correct and in place before the vehicle moves, with the paperwork on the dashboard.
The right trailer, the right securing, and the right handling for what is actually in the drum.
The consignment note, the safety data and the declaration, complete at collection rather than chased later.
Nearly four decades in the south Durban chemical basin, which is where a great deal of this cargo starts.
Our Durban base sits beside the port and the south Durban chemical basin, where a large share of the country's hazardous freight originates or lands. Proximity is what turns a short-notice collection into a real answer rather than a maybe.
From there the N3 corridor runs to our Johannesburg depot in Wadeville, and onward to six more floors across the country and into the SADC corridors.
Yes. We hold dangerous goods operator authorisation, our drivers hold a valid PrDP and current dangerous goods training, and we are SQAS-AFRICA certified under Responsible Care. You can check the certificate at caia.co.za.
The consignment note, the safety data sheet and the declaration, complete at collection rather than chased later. Send the safety data sheet with your request so we can check the class before we quote.
Same day or next day is fine. Tell us as early as you can.
We do not carry Class 1 (explosives). For anything else, send the safety data sheet and we will confirm.
Yes, to all the countries we run into: Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Mozambique.
Dangerous goods often travel as pallet freight or inside an imported container, see LCL Groupage.
Insuring the goods is the sender’s responsibility, and our liability is limited as set out in our standard trading terms and conditions, available on request. Insurance is available on request, unless other arrangements have been agreed in line with our terms and conditions.
Tell us what it is, what class it falls under and where it needs to go. If it is outside our competence we will say so and point you at someone who can.
Tell us what is moving, where from and where to. You will get a real number from a real person.
