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As part of a multi-discipline logistics group Access Freight Africa has been providing Sub-Saharan businesses with a fast service they can rely on.

With branches in the regional hub of Johannesburg and the busy South African port of Durban, as well as representation in Zambia, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Access Freight Africa (AFA) has a truly regional reach across Sub-Saharan African.

Since its formation in 2001, the company has been involved in the movement of high-volume bulk products into and out of the Africa continent, and has enabled its many clients the benefits of a fast and reliable service.

AFA’s team of competent and efficient staff utilise extensive knowledge and experience of the logistics industry to bring the best possible service to its many customers who hail from an assortment of different backgrounds.

Its customers range from those working in the region’s fast-growing resources sector, to companies involved in commodity trading and the agricultural sectors.

Through its use of the extensive road transport and warehousing infrastructure South Africa has to offer, AFA has become a national leader in the movement of bulk products across large distances and has found itself playing a key role in helping many regional resource players develop their very own trade networks.

AFA’s chief operating officer Jeremy Carr joined the Access Freight Group in January 2007 having worked within the logistics industry since completing his

Bachelor of Commerce degree back in 1995.

Carr’s previous senior managerial experience has helped bring a professional edge to the business’s operation.

Across Africa

As part of the wider Access Freight Group, AFA has been able to utilise the abilities of its sister companies to move product to and from destinations across the planet.

One such firm is Access Freight Logistics (AFL), which specialises in the handling and movement of any type of containerised cargo through Durban’s bustling port.

AFL has been in operation for more than 20 years and in that time has developed a strong reputation for reliability among its clients, while also continuing to tune its capabilities into the changing demands of customers.

The company’s world-class container freight station is located just five kilometres from the busiest container depot in Africa. 

From out-of-gauge and abnormal cargo, to the handling and movement of bulk minerals, fresh produce, automotives and palletised goods, AFL has developed into one of South Africa’s leading transport and distribution companies.

Both AFL and AFA are closely related to Access Freight International (AFI), a fully-fledged global freight forwarding and clearing company.

This entity’s is able to provide multimodal freight forwarding and clearing services, which includes forwarding, seafreight, airfreight, customs clearing, warehousing and transport.

Its global network of agents cover the globe and ensure the cargo of its clients is transported in the most economical and intelligent way possible.

AFI operates the Access Business Park, a 12,000 metre square warehouse facility, and the company has representation across South Africa with bases in in Gauteng, Western Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal.

Access Freight Group is committed to making a meaningful contribution to the empowerment of all South Africans and had a focus on real empowerment by utilising a broad-based approach.

Due to the expansion of the Chinese economy, it also operates the Project Cargo scheme, which ensures that while its freight forwarding imports have a worldwide focus, China remains the key target market.

Alongside AFL and AFI, AFA has two other sister companies in Access Freight Projects—a specialist division of the Access Group that deals exclusively with project cargo—and Access Transport, which deals in local cartage and transport throughout South Africa, as well as all aspects of cross-border transportation.

Being in such good company is definite bonus for AFA, which has already made its individual mark by carving out a reliable and respectable reputation within Africa’s hectic logistics market.

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