Four service lines.
One integrated operation.
From port to door, dry land to dry storage — Veteran handles the freight, the paperwork, the kilometres, and the warehouse floor. Each service is a distinct discipline, but they're built to operate as one continuous handover.
Freight forwarding.
End-to-end coordination of cargo across road, rail and sea — with the documentation rigour the trade demands.
Forwarding is paperwork before it is movement. The cargo will travel — what determines whether it arrives is the integrity of the documents that travel with it.
- Customs clearance. Import and export clearance at every major Southern African border post and port — Beit Bridge, Chirundu, Kasumbalesa, Kazungula, Sesheke, Walvis Bay, Durban.
- Documentation. Bills of lading, COMESA certificates of origin, SAD500s, packing lists, commercial invoices, delivery orders — drafted, verified, lodged.
- Multimodal coordination. Cargo that arrives by sea and finishes by truck — or vice versa — needs a single owner of the handover. That owner is us.
- Corridor selection. Walvis Bay, Durban, Dar es Salaam, Beira — different cargo wants different routes. We select on cost, transit time, congestion risk, and seasonality.
- Cargo insurance. Marine and inland transit cover arranged on request, with full sum-insured documentation.
- Reconciliation. One operator, one bill — no chasing three vendors when something goes wrong.
Road transport.
Long-haul cross-border trucking across the SADC bloc with a 205-vehicle fleet. Bulk, breakbulk, containerised, and project cargo.
What we move
Mining inputs and outputs (copper concentrate, cobalt, sulphur, reagents); fuel and lubricants; agricultural cargo; FMCG; industrial equipment; project cargo with abnormal-load permits.
Where we run
North-South Corridor (Durban → Lusaka → Lubumbashi). Trans-Caprivi (Walvis Bay → Lusaka → Copperbelt). Trans-Kalahari (Walvis Bay → Gaborone → Johannesburg). Beira and Dar corridors on demand.
Cleared to operate
Cross-border road permits for SADC operations, COMESA Yellow Card third-party insurance, and country-specific entry permits handled in-house. No surprises at borders.
Tracked end to end
Every consignment receives a tracking reference. Clients access status, current location, and ETA through our online portal — including border crossings and customs status.
Ocean freight.
FCL and LCL services through Walvis Bay and Durban — with consolidation, deconsolidation and inland delivery to landlocked markets.
Durban (Indian Ocean): Africa's busiest container port, deepest carrier choice and frequency, naturally suits cargo from Asia and the Middle East, and routes well via the North-South corridor into Zambia, Zimbabwe and the DRC.
We'll recommend the gateway that matches your cargo, origin, and timeline.
Warehousing.
Secure storage, cross-docking, and inventory management at strategic inland points. Bonded and general cargo, short-term and long-term.
Warehousing is the silent half of forwarding. Move the cargo well, and clients notice; store it well, and they trust you with the next one.
- Bonded storage. For cargo under customs control awaiting clearance, transit, or onward dispatch — held in compliant bonded space with full audit trail.
- General storage. Cleared cargo held short or long term — palletised, racked, or bulk floor storage. Climate-controlled space available on request.
- Cross-docking. Cargo arrives, is sorted, and is dispatched outbound on the same operational cycle — minimising dwell time and storage cost for time-sensitive freight.
- Inventory management. Stock counting, receipt and dispatch reporting, and reconciliation against client systems — so the warehouse floor is never the source of doubt.
- Security and access control. 24-hour security, controlled access, and CCTV-monitored handling areas.
- Regulatory compliance. Hazardous cargo segregation, food-grade handling protocols where required, and full chain-of-custody documentation.
From quote to POD.
A typical Veteran move follows four steps. Each step has its own owner inside our operation and its own documentation trail.
Get a quote on your lane.
Origin, destination, cargo. We'll come back with a rate and a transit time.