PORT STEVEDORING

The link between ship and shore Port Services (Pty) Ltd - commonly known as Port Stevedoring (PS) - commenced trading in Durban in 1994 and experienced significant growth in a short period, expanding operations to Cape Town and later to Saldanha, Port Elizabeth and Ngqura. In 2017 PS became a wholly-owned subsidiary of FPT Investments (Pty) Ltd which owns a number of logistics companies throughout Southern Africa.

Stevedores are the key role players in the loading and discharging of cargo from ships. As all operational activities are time and rate based, the company’s expertise and focus plays a major role in the safe and efficient turnaround of ships handled.

PS is a General Stevedore with the necessary expertise and equipment - all painted in the company’s standout sky-blue colour - to handle virtually any cargo, though its main activity is focused on bulk cargoes which it works through all South African ports, offering clients efficient and cost competitive services.

PS has many longstanding relationships in the shipping industry and within this context, has been discharging bulk fertilisers for Yara in Cape Town for about 20 years, being proud of the reputation and relationships that it has established.

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