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Top 25 Heavy equipment freight companies based in South Africa
RevenueBase identified 199 heavy equipment freight companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 1,420 professional contacts across them, including 216 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.
This list covers heavy equipment freight companies headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest heavy equipment freight companies based in South Africa
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Metal Line Group of Companies was established to answer the need for efficient, cost effective, reliable and sustainable supply chain management solutions for transport…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Absolute Rigging and Transport cc specialises in Machine Moving, Specialist Rigging, Crane Truck hire and Abnormal load requirements anywhere between Cape Town, Durban, Port…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Over the past 21 years, Milltrans has become a leader in the freight & container transport industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Jacobs Transport was founded in by two determined brothers, Gys and Jan Jacobs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “INTRASPEED is a South African owned internationally accredited logistics provider; local ownership and control contributes to our dynamic entrepreneurial flair which sets us apart…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Specialists in abnormal project cargo transport, including imports and exports primarily via Durban Port.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Back in 1995 Cape Crating set out to provide crating services to the freight forwarding industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With branches in Cape Town and Johannesburg, Teemane Cranes offers specialised services, that include heavy lifting, transport and rigging equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “DN Freight offers specialist clearing, freight forwarding and logistics solutions for your air, ocean, and road freight shipments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FATS is the Freight Forwarder who will take the load off your mind.” Thirty years of first-class service has put FATS as one of the top leading companies in the South African…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Polytra SACL (PTY) LTD is located in Johannesburg and Durban and is specialized in cross-border transportation, warehousing, project cargo, and general freight forwarding.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bulk Dynamics is a majority black owned logistics company that enjoys an operational partnership with North West Bulk Carriers, a significant shareholder in the business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We move, manage and handle a variety of cargo, no matter the shape or size.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We operate primarily in various heavy industry sectors, such as mining, power, ports infrastructure, construction and earth moving equipment, providing bespoke international and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “bulk360 offers innovative bulk logistic services through multiple turnkey managed solutions to the mining, industrial and agricultural sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “E&M Plant and Transport specialises in the hiring of Crane Trucks, Rollback Trucks, and Lowbed/Stepdeck Transportation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SITHEMBE TRANSPORTATION AND PROJECTS is a company based out of 3138B CRANE STREET THATCHFIELD HILLS RAU-VISTA EXT 13, CENTURION, Gauteng, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a premier transport and logistics company offering comprehensive freight transportation solutions from start to finish.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Minelog Supplies is a company based out of South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ustgold Transport was founded in 1980, and has since been a proudly family owned and managed logistics provider.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Direct Freight Services offers personalized solutions to our business partners, we naturally become an extension of your business day-to- day activities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Afrigo Global Logistics is a trusted freight forwarding and logistics partner with over 16 years of experience delivering reliable, cost-effective, and tailored transport…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sebenza Freight Services is an established Freight Forwarding company located in Johannesburg, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: heavy equipment freight companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names heavy equipment freight companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of heavy equipment freight companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name heavy equipment freight companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Heavy equipment freight companies based in South Africa at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 199 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among heavy equipment freight companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “heavy equipment freight companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names heavy equipment freight companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among heavy equipment freight companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 216 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Heavy equipment freight companies by metro
- Heavy equipment freight companies in Johannesburg34
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names heavy equipment freight companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many heavy equipment freight companies are there based in South Africa?
RevenueBase identified 199 heavy equipment freight companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Metal Line Africa PTY LTD, headquartered in Mogale City, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most heavy equipment freight companies?
Johannesburg leads with 34 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (20) and Kempton Park (13).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 216 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 199 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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