Since early last century, a. hartrodt (GmbH & Co) KG has been forwarding cargo into South Africa on behalf of German manufacturers. From the nineteen seventies they have been directly involved in the South African market through having Sales & Marketing delegates based in South Africa. In 1981 it was decided to register a. hartrodt South Africa (Pty) Ltd and today apart from our Johannesburg head office we have branch offices in Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth – all of these offices together with our overseas offices and partners are well able to provide and manage the full range of premium international door to door forwarding services - seafreight and airfreight import and export, customs clearing, insurance, warehousing, as well as local distribution and cross border deliveries.

In Cape Town we also have food & beverage Logistics - a specialist division which concentrates on the forwarding of wine and food products to and from overseas markets.

Due to growing confidence in the future of South and Southern Africa it was decided in 1990 to increase our commitment in South Africa by investing in the design and construction of a head office and secure warehouse complex in Jet Park, Johannesburg – an industrial area with easy access to the main Gauteng highways as well as to Oliver Tambo International Airport; South Africa’s largest and busiest international airport. Due to sustained growth these premises were renovated and expanded upon in 1997 and in early 2003 an additional and adjacent office and airfreight terminal complex was purchased and purpose renovated.

Today the company is a growing and fully accredited IATA and Customs Agent – and we can proudly state that Transport is our Business, Servicing is our vision!