Cleared and delivered across South Africa
Sea, air and road freight, with our own licensed customs team and our own trucks. One landed cost, every step on your phone.
Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg
Branches in Brackenfell and Northriding. Sea into Cape Town and Durban, air into Johannesburg and Cape Town, road nationwide and across the border into SADC.
What we move
Book the whole journey, or just the part you need.
- Air freightUrgent cargo into Johannesburg and Cape Town in days.
- Road and cross borderNationwide delivery and trucks into the SADC region.
- Customs clearingEntries, permits and SARS stops handled in-house.
- Courier parcels (online estimate)
- Germany specialisation
- Italy specialisation
- South Africa to Chile (export)
- Project cargo
- Letters of credit
- NVOCC
- Consol and de-consol
- Cargo insurance
- All services
Why importers move with us
Four 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 or airport to your door, nationwide.
- Every shipment on your phoneLive tracker, documents and invoices per shipment in the 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
How it works
Five steps. You see every one.
- Tell usGoods, supplier and destination.
- Landed costFreight, duty, VAT and delivery in one figure.
- We bookSupplier, line and origin agent handled.
- We clearEntry lodged, duty paid, stops attended.
- DeliveredProof of delivery on your portal.
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.
- Shanghai
- Singapore
- Bangkok
- Mumbai
- Dubai
- Genoa
- Rotterdam
into Cape Town and Durban
Network figures as published by GLN (go2gln.com), October 2026. Lanes are the main trade lanes into South Africa.
Send us your rates
Overseas forwarders and agents: email your rates and terms for South Africa and we will take it from there. We are a platinum member of the Global Logistics Network.
Know your landed cost before you order
Freight, duty, VAT and delivery in one written figure, usually within one working day. Not a client yet? Open an account.