Grindrod Intermodal provides a complete service in the movement of containerized cargo, from receiving the cargo, to storage, packing and onward distribution by road / rail to final destination.
The cost of the supply chain contributes significantly to the final selling price of the product. It is for this reason that many South African companies, in order to remain competitive, have looked long and hard at ways to improve their supply chain efficiencies. In response to the changing requirements of our customers, Grindrod merged 4 complimentary businesses to form Grindrod Intermodal, namely: Cross Country Containers, CMC Grindrod and Grindrod J & J and Unitainer.
In bringing these four businesses together, Grindrod Intermodal, merged effective administration with strong operations. Greater supply chain efficiencies are now offered through the merger of a complimentary national infrastructure in the region of 500 000 m², assets to the value of R150 million and resources including a dynamic team of 650 dedicated employees. Key Account Managers are positioned in the offices of major customers to ensure forward and backward integration.
The Transport arm (formerly Cross Country Containers), specializes in the provision of inland transport and logistical services to the Freight Industry in Southern Africa. This service includes the railage of full and empty containers, covering all routes between Transnet Port Terminals and Transnet Freight Rail Terminals within South Africa and other Southern African destinations, a local cartage service in the major cities and a long distance service covering Southern Africa.
The company’s operating system has been developed to produce all prescribed transport documentation required in the transportation of containers. The system enables the monitoring of the movement of containers between the respective delivery points and reporting progress to customers.
The Depot offering of Grindrod Intermodal (formerly CMC Grindrod), caters for general purpose and reefer container handling, storage and husbandry requirements by highly skilled artisans and technicians. This leading independent depot operator with significant investment in systems, equipment and national infrastructure has a proud history of 10 years.
The facilities in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth are monitored 24 / 7 / 365 days of the year, from our control rooms by means of a sophisticated network of CCTV. The control rooms are linked to emergency services as well as private armed response companies. The licensed depots are able to accommodate your overstay and custom exam requirements.
The Warehousing operation (formerly Grindrod J & J), offers their blue chip client base high levels of operational expertise. Also included is bonded warehousing, for a diverse range of cargo including wine, cars and general cargo. An integral part of the groupage operations is the inter depot road and bond transport, managed by Grindrod Intermodal operations.
Unitainer, a division of Grindrod Intermodal, buys, sells and leases second-hand containers as well as refrigerated containers and offers storage, cleaning and pre-trip facilities for tank containers through its facilities close to the port of Durban. Unitainer also specializes in converting second-hand marine containers into accommodation (e.g. site offices, spaza shops, etc).
In the Project cargo arena, the innovative team, have a reputation of tailoring a solution to meet the client’s requirements. The coil cradle is an example of this innovation where the design has now been patented.
Grindrod Intermodal has offices and facilities in Durban, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.