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Container trucks at an N3 toll plaza in KwaZulu-Natal, illustrating inland landed costs in South Africa

Landed Cost in South Africa: The Inland Costs Importers Underestimate

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Landed cost in South Africa is the full cost of getting imported goods onto your shelf: the supplier’s price, international freight, duties and VAT, and every port, transport and handling charge in between. Most importers budget the first three accurately and underestimate the rest. The gap is usually inland. Terminal storage, shipping-line detention, truck waiting

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Elevated view of a Gauteng container depot with container stacks, reefer units and handling equipment

Types of Container Depots in Gauteng: Empty, Laden and Customs-Licensed Explained

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Not every container depot can do the same job. The types of container depots around Johannesburg range from yards that only handle empty boxes to facilities licensed by SARS to hold, unpack and examine containers that have not yet been cleared, and sending a container to the wrong type costs time and money. The confusion

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Container ship arriving at the Port of Durban with a tugboat, illustrating imports from China after Chinese New Year 2027

Chinese New Year 2027: Shipping Deadlines and Lead Times for South African Importers

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Chinese New Year 2027 falls on Saturday 6 February, 11 days earlier than in 2026 (Seko Logistics). For South African importers, that means the Chinese New Year 2027 shipping deadline arrives only a few weeks after our own businesses reopen in January. The two holidays now sit close together. South African receivers restart from Monday

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Logistics professional overlooking ship-to-shore cranes at a container terminal at the Port of Durban at sunrise

Logistics Planning for 2027: What South African Importers Should Budget and Book Now

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Logistics planning for 2027 starts with the costs and capacity changes you can already see. Port tariffs, fuel levies, rail access and trade rules all shift in the first half of the year, and importers who build them into budgets and contracts now will spend less time explaining overruns in June. Not everything is certain.

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Depot worker inspecting an open shipping container at a Gauteng depot before the empty is returned

Container Free Days Over the December Shutdown: Demurrage, Detention and Storage

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Container free days are the window in which an import container can sit at the terminal, or travel to your premises and back, before charges start. Over the December shutdown that window collides with closed warehouses, public holidays and slow empty returns, and the result is often an invoice that arrives in January. The most

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Container truck at an inland container depot in Gauteng ahead of the December shutdown

December Shutdown Logistics: Planning Container Cut-Offs for Gauteng Importers

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Every year, the December shutdown tests South African logistics in the same way. Vessels keep arriving in Durban, but many factories, warehouses and receiving docks close for two or three weeks, transport demand peaks just before they do, and four public holidays fall within 17 days. Containers that are not planned around those dates tend

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Closed-body truck with a roller-deck floor reversed up to an air cargo warehouse dock, with netted cargo pallets and an aircraft in the background

Airfreight Cartage from O.R. Tambo: How Air Cargo Gets from the Airport to Your Door

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Airfreight cartage is the road leg that moves air cargo between O.R. Tambo International Airport and the businesses that send or receive it. It covers collecting import cargo once it is released, moving uncleared consolidations to licensed depots and delivering export cargo to the airlines before their cut-off. Air cargo is often urgent, often valuable

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