Dry goods & FMCG
Palletised and loose retail stock moved between manufacturers, distribution centres and stores. Tautliners and hardbodies sized for the run.
Road freight · Cape Town, Gqeberha, Johannesburg · Cross-border
Cold chain, dry goods and everything in between.
Delivered on time.
Master Cargo runs primary and secondary road distribution for South Africa's blue-chip FMCG and retail brands. A fleet of 120+ vehicles with an average age of three years, on the road since 1998.
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What we move
Three lanes of cargo, one operations team, precise and predictable delivery windows.
Temperature-controlled & time-sensitive
Refrigerated closed bodies with live Thermo King temperature tracking and alarms. Chilled and frozen product that has to arrive inside its window.
Volumetric capacity commodities
High-cube, lightweight and over-height loads on step-decks and custom configurations we design and build in-house through our own R&D.
Protect. Maintain. Drive.
Why our longest client relationship is over 24 years old.
Protect
Full visibility on every trip. C-Track vehicle tracking, Iris dashcams, DriveCam and 24/7 monitoring on-site and off-site.
Safety & tracking
Maintain
Full repair and maintenance agreements with the OEMs, on-site Scania service, and preventative maintenance after every single trip.
Fleet maintenance
Drive
Customer-centric drivers and crew who deliver on-time performance with precise, predictable delivery times. Every load, every day.
About Master CargoEvery trip, live.
Our control room sees what you see: position, speed, reefer temperature, door events and driver behaviour, from the moment a truck leaves the depot until the POD is signed.
- Real-time C-Track location and journey data
- Thermo King temperature tracking with alarms
- Iris dashcam and DriveCam driver monitoring
- Limp-mode activation for cargo security
Trip MC-4471
In transit
- Reefer temp
- -18.0°C
- Speed
- 82 km/h
- Next stop
- Gqeberha DC
- ETA
- On schedule
Illustration of the data our control room monitors on every trip.
A fleet built for the run
Average fleet age of three years. The first Euro 5 trucks in South Africa. Configurations we design ourselves when the standard ones don't fit.
Where we run
Head office in Durbanville, Cape Town, with satellite depots in Gqeberha and Johannesburg. Scheduled and ad-hoc runs across 7 South African provinces and five neighbouring countries.
Get a rate for your laneDepotRegionStatus
DurbanvilleWestern Cape · Head officeOperating
GqeberhaEastern CapeOperating
JohannesburgGautengOperating
Cross-border
BotswanaGaborone corridorScheduled
NamibiaWindhoek corridorScheduled
LesothoMaseruScheduled
EswatiniMbabane · ManziniScheduled
ZambiaLusaka corridorScheduled
Notes from the road
Practical thinking on cold chain, configurations and cross-border lanes from our operations team.
How the cold chain actually works on a South African highway
A reefer trailer is not a fridge on wheels. Here is what has to go right between a Cape Town cold store and a Johannesburg DC for frozen product to arrive at -18°C.
Choosing the right truck: tautliner, hardbody or step-deck?
The cheapest lane is the one where the vehicle fits the load. A quick guide to the configurations in our fleet and the cargo each one is built for.
Cross-border trucking into Namibia and Botswana: what shippers should plan for
Border posts, documentation and the reality of running scheduled lanes into neighbouring countries from Cape Town and Johannesburg.