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Rapple Logistics – international freight forwarding and customs clearance
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Freight forwarding & customs clearing

Freight forwarder and customs clearing agent in South Africa

Sea, air and road freight into and out of South Africa, cleared by our own licensed customs team and delivered to your door. One desk, one landed cost, every step on your phone.

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Nationwide, from Cape Town and Johannesburg

  • BranchesCape Town (Brackenfell) and Johannesburg (Northriding)
  • Sea portsCape Town and Durban, with Gqeberha and Ngqura when the routing suits
  • AirJohannesburg and Cape Town, import and export
  • RoadNationwide delivery and cross border into SADC

What we move

Book the whole journey, or just the part you need.

All services
Container ships being worked under ship-to-shore cranes at a port Sea freightFull containers and shared loads into Cape Town and Durban, and exports worldwide. Quoted as one landed cost.Sea freight
Also on the desk
  • Project cargo
  • Letters of credit
  • NVOCC
  • Consol and de-consol
  • Cargo insurance
  • All services

Why importers move with us

Six things you get on every shipment, not just the large ones.

  • Our own licensed customs teamEntries lodged on SARS EDI by our team, not passed to a subcontractor. Stops attended in person.
  • One landed cost, in writingFreight, duty, import VAT and delivery on one page before you place the order.
  • Delivered on our own trucksFrom port, airport or warehouse to your door, nationwide.
  • Every shipment on your phoneLive tracker, documents and invoices per shipment in the client portal.
  • Vetted partners worldwideGLN member offices in 135+ countries and territories collect and clear at origin.
  • A team that knows your fileThe same controllers handle your shipment from quote to proof of delivery, since 2014.

Client portal

See where your cargo is, any time

  • Every stage from booking to proof of delivery
  • Invoices, bills of lading, SAD 500 and POD to download
  • Duty, VAT and charges per shipment
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See everything the portal does

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How it works

Five steps. You see every one.

The full process
  1. Tell usGoods, supplier and destination.
  2. Landed costFreight, duty, VAT and delivery in one figure.
  3. We bookSupplier, line and origin agent handled.
  4. We clearEntry lodged, duty paid, stops attended.
  5. DeliveredProof of delivery on your portal.

Global Logistics Network

One team here. Vetted partners at the other end.

Rapple Logistics is a platinum member of the Global Logistics Network (GLN), a network of independent freight forwarders founded in 2003. Every member is screened for track record, financial stability and service quality. You deal with one team in South Africa, and a GLN partner looks after your cargo where it starts.

  • Collection at your supplier's doorOn EXW, FCA and FOB terms a partner on the ground books the pickup and the export clearance.
  • Local knowledge at originPartners who know their own ports, carriers and export paperwork.
  • One contact for the whole journeyOur team in Cape Town or Johannesburg runs the file from order to delivery.
500+
member offices
135+
countries and territories
250+
member forwarders
USD 50k
payment protection per covered claim

Network figures as published by GLN (go2gln.com), October 2026. Map lanes are an illustration of main trade lanes into South Africa.

Know your landed cost before you order

Freight, duty, VAT and delivery in one written figure. Usually within one working day.

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