D.L.S
Logistics in Durban

Transport and logistics co-ordinators. Shipping and transport documentation specialists.

We offer a large range of services within the shipping, logistics and transport industry. One of the services that we offer is the processing and lodging of container terminal orders (CTO's), shipping and landing orders. We offer and manage reefer operations all year round and mainly during the Citrus season. DLS is priveliged to partner with TFR and TPT to operate the only two reefer trains in South Africa. Reefer operations is offered for both Roadhaul and Rail. We also offer the Pre Advise service for all shipping lines and for various clients. DLS has access to a large transport fleet with various types of vehicles fully equipped to offer a one stop service to all its clients. The tracking information will be supplied per the client's requirements via e-mail or fax. DLS also provides a specialised service to its clients on demand. We also offer an all inclusive transport service both local and long distance. We have a large transport support base available 24/7. DLS will tailor make a service solution to suite your needs and will put in place the best possible logistics service delivery solution. DLS, acts as a client representative for its clients based in other provinces or abroad. DLS manages the clients vehicles and ensures that these vehicles are turned around efficiently and timeously to meet other priorities. DLS receives instructions from various client's ie: shipping companies, clearing and forwarding agents, transporters, depots, warehouses, brokers and importers and exporters for the processing of CTO's (Container Terminal Orders). DLS offers a consolidated rail service to its clients. This covers the tracking of rail containers from the point of departure to the rail destination. For export containers, DLS ensures that export containers are stacked correctly, efficie. DLS provides its clients with a specialised operation, ie: The weighing of export containers. We arrange to have these containers weighed per the clients request. We verify the seals and take pictures of every seal and container. We perform local and long-distance road haul at the clients request. Local road haul entails collecting the empty container and packing at the cold store and stacking the container for the respective vessel at the Port. Every container will be tracked and information made available to the client. Long-distance road haul: The empty container will be collected from the nominated depot, either in Durban or Gauteng, and packed at the cold store or farms in the North West and Limpopo provinces. The full container will be road hauled to Durban to meet with the vessels stacks. We have fine tuned the rail service and turned it into a profitable and viable solution for our clients with maximum efficiency. The train is destined for Tzaneen, that’s where most of South Africa's citrus comes from. Containers are packed and reloaded onto the reefer train and it departs for Durban. The reefer train is equipped with a genset that has a 3phase power and also with a reefer technician on board the train to ensure that all is well with the reefer containers. All documentation is framed and processed and all containers are pre-advised accordingly. The reefer rail service is available in Durban during the Citrus season.