Bidvest Freight | Bidvest Group

Products and services

Bulk liquid

Over 856 000m² of storage capacity in the Durban, Richards Bay and Isando
Handling 3.5 billion litres of product each year
Products handled and stored include chemicals, liquified gases, edible oils, fuels, base oils and lube oil additives in South Africa

Dry bulk

Agriculture bulk storage:

Agricultural bulk handling with two world-class facilities in the Port of Durban
Largest bulk grain handler of rice, wheat, maize, soya & sunflower seeds
220 000 tonnes storage capacity

Mineral bulk storage:

Multi-product bulk mineral handling in the Port of Durban
Capacity to handle 6 million tonnes per annum
Storage capacity of 500 000 tonnes

Logistics

185 000m² of warehousing space in all major centres in South Africa
Global forwarding partner with offices throughout the world
International air and ocean logistics solutions
Capital projects, oil and gas specialised activities
Domestic and cross border road freight solution with over 175 commercial vehicles
Supply chain experts in-house to facilitate specialised needs

Container services

Three warehouse facilities in Durban, Cape Town and City Deep
100 000m² of warehouse storage capacity
Container packing and unpacking
Transport and logistics solutions
Handling cleared and uncleared containers and cargo
Capacity to handle over 500 000 containers per annum

Port services

Port warehousing, transport, stevedoring and ships agency services in all SA ports
Products handled include fertilisers, agricultural products, minerals, steel, cement, forest products, containers and general cargo
102 000 m² warehouse storage capacity and 43 000 m² outside storage

Africa – Port Services

Handles a wide range of commodities and general cargo
Stevedoring
Container packing and unpacking
Tallying
Lashing and securing of cargo
Ships hold cleaning
Caulking and cleaning of rail and road trucks.
Cargo separations in ships holds
Labour supply.
150 000m² bonded warehouse capacity
Logistics and marine services
Forwarding and clearing
Ships’ Agency and husbandry services
Bunkering services on - and off-shore in HFO, MGO products
Airport ground handling Services

Marine Insurance Services

Protection and Indemnity investigation and reporting
Marine & cargo surveyors
Claims adjustors
Recovery agents
Motor vehicle inspection services

Our businesses

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Bulk Connections is a specialist dry bulk handling facility that imports and exports a wide variety of mineral products through the Durban harbour.

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Bidvest Tank Terminals (previously Island View Storage) was established in 1953 and is the largest independent bulk liquid storage of liquified vegetable oils, base oils and lube oil additives in South Africa. It have terminals on the coast in Durban and Richards Bay and inland at Isando.

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Bidfreight Port Operations is one of the largest providers of in-port logistics in South Africa and operations in every commercial cargo port in South Africa. BPO’s areas of expertise include warehousing, stevedoring, transportation and terminal operating services.

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Bidvest International Logistics is a leading global transport and logistics company. Established in 1910, we have offices at every major port and airport in the country and our end-to-end logistics offering includes air, sea and road transport; warehousing; and customs brokerage services in all major industries. Qualified Supply Chain Engineers are available to you, to help analyse, re-design and optimise your logistics processes.

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SACD Freight is a leading provider of customised import and export management solutions specialising in container packing and unpacking, warehousing and transport logistics and has national representation through strategically located operations.

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South African Bulk Terminals (SABT) incorporates two world-class terminals based in the port of Durban, specialising in the handling of all dry bulk products including grains and minerals.

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NAVAL is a provider of port services in Mozambique including stevedoring, container packing and unpacking, tallying, lashing and securing of cargo, caulking and cleaning of rail tracks. The company provides skilled manpower and equipment that swiftly and efficiently loads or discharges a broad range of cargoes at the port of Maputo and Beira.
Rennies Ships Agency provides ships and port agency services at all South African ports to container carriers, liner and passenger line operators and non-liner ship owners, charterers and cargo owners.

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Marine Insurance Service providers Rennie Murray & Company and P&I Associates provides a complete range of legal, commercial, insurance and marine surveying services at all South African ports to ship owners, charterers and cargo interests and other parties involved in marine transportations.

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Marine Insurance Service providers Rennie Murray & Company and P&I Associates provides a complete range of legal, commercial, insurance and marine surveying services at all South African ports to ship owners, charterers and cargo interests and other parties involved in marine transportations.

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Manica Group Namibia has a long and colourful history stretching back to 1924, and since then established itself as the premier logistics and marine services provider in Southern Africa.