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Top 25 Shipping companies based in Cape Town, South Africa
RevenueBase identified 94 shipping companies headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 1,115 professional contacts across them, including 344 with verified work emails. Across South Africa, Johannesburg is the largest hub for this category (136 companies); Cape Town follows with 94.
This list covers shipping companies headquartered in Cape Town, 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 6, 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 shipping companies based in Cape Town, South Africa
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Linebooker South Africa emerged as a trailblazer in modernising freight management where innovation drives transport cost savings, ensures sustainable truck supply, and enhances…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Contour Logistics is a freight forwarder and logistics service provider operating globally and specialising in the facilitation of perishable products and dry goods from source to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Through its impressive suite of services, and a philosophy of integrated, end-to-end supply chain solutions, Concargo offers the kind of new generation logistics that are…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Trade Ocean is a trusted shipping and logistics partner with a strong presence in South Africa and Namibia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pioneer Freight is a privately owned South African freight forwarding & clearing agent established in 1992.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In Line Freight Solutions is an International Clearing and Forwarding company started in 2009 by our CEO Aldo May.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Who We Are: Established in 1963, we are one of South Africa's largest private forwarding and clearing agents, with branches in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At TUNL we make international shipping simple, affordable and stress-free, empowering South African businesses to grow beyond borders with confidence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fresh logistics solutions from origin to destination – that is CH Logistics!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Back in 1995 Cape Crating set out to provide crating services to the freight forwarding industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Atlantic Forwarding, we specialize in providing tailored logistics solutions that support our clients in achieving their business goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “VDM Cargo Solutions offers a personal touch and a simple cost effective solution in moving cargo tailored made to our clients’ needs and expectations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Primetime Express is a courier and logistics management company offering both International and Domestic courier services in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are specialist refrigerated and dry cargo transporters, who focus on retail back-door deliveries and distribution to retail food stores.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SENATOR INTERNATIONAL - A Maersk Company is a global logistics company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ICA Bulk Logistics was established in to specialize in bulk logistics- moving liquids, gases and chemicals in tank containers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a family-owned, evergreen, ever-growing transport company currently operating in the heart of Montague Gardens, Cape Town.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Warehousing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Starting from humble beginnings in a small warehouse, ShipChain has rapidly evolved into a medium-sized company that continues to disrupt the industry with top-notch service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With courier companies competing for an eCommerce-shipping market that is rapidly-growing, under-serviced, challenged by disparate IT systems and making use of out-dated address…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Providing clearing, forwarding and custom supply chain solutions to ensure your business runs smoothly.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GAC Laser International Logistics is a company jointly owned and controlled by The Laser Group (Laser) and Gulf Agency Company Limited (GAC).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Inter-Sped we are passionate about contributing to the success of our customers by providing outstanding supply chain services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Limecoal Carriers is a company based in Cape Town.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 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: shipping 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 shipping companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of shipping companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name shipping 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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Shipping companies based in Cape Town, South Africa at a glance
As of Sep 6, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole South Africa list rather than for Cape Town, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Cape Town, over 94 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 shipping 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 Cape Town, South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “shipping 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 shipping 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 shipping companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Cape Town 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, 344 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 6, 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.
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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 shipping 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 shipping companies are there based in Cape Town, South Africa?
RevenueBase identified 94 shipping companies headquartered in Cape Town, 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?
Linebooker South Africa, headquartered in Cape Town, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city in South Africa has the most shipping companies?
Johannesburg leads South Africa with 136 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (94) and Durban (60).
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 344 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 94 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 6, 2026.
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About this data
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.