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Warehousing and storage depots are found in and around major multimodal transport nodes (sea to road and rail, air to road) normally situation within or in close proximity to large metro poles. Cargo handling and storage facilities are generally located with municipally zoned areas either within metropolis semi-urban zones or semi-rural zones.

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Numerous national and multimodal (predominantly privately owned) freight warehousing and logistics entities operates within South Africa, some smaller firms providing single service (depot or transport or other with subcontracting of additional services as and when required) whilst other larger firms offer package / bouquet of services under one umbrella (generally asset heavy). Commercial companies in this sector are easy to locate and contact via their web presence.

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Commercial storage in the country is relatively easily available with possibility of short- or long term rental. Small to large logistics firms are able to storage or warehousing capacity as either an owned asset or subcontract to avail a flexible bouquet of service offerings to their prospective customers. Integrated warehouse management systems (including cloud based platforms) enable visibility of stock movements between receipt and dispatch. In all the storage capability within the South African market is quite sophisticated and able to service most needs especially in the industrial areas of major centres close to transportation hubs.

[1] Warehouse Type: Open storage, container, rub-hall, silo, concrete, other, unspecified

[2] Warehouse Access: Raised-siding, flat

[3] Warehouse condition: Appears intact, appears damaged, under construction/repair

Storage Used by Humanitarian Organizations

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Limited storage of emergency stocks are held, depending on the scale of a disaster / emergency the management of such an event is coordinated by municipal authorities for localised events, across multiple municipal district would be coordinated at a provincial level and across provincial borders will be coordinated nationally. Each governing district / level will declare a disaster to national structures for conferring and request for financing of emergency supplies, at this stage affecting districts will make municipal depots and warehouses available or lease as required. Distribution from these facilities will by managed by the governing district to registered and accredited NGO’s service the affected communities.

[1] Warehouse Type: Open storage, container, rub-hall, silo, concrete, other, unspecified

[2] Warehouse Access: Raised-siding, flat

[3] Warehouse condition: Appears intact, appears damaged, under construction/repair

Cold Chain

In recent years, so called, pharma logistics has become more prevalent with a few large logistics firms being capable of facilitating the end-to-end from manufacturer / import site to field delivery of temperature controlled regulated substances. Some smaller niche operators are also present in the country with capability to deliver from warehouse to retail sites / warehouse to door / field locations.

Management of protocols and compliance with regard to the storage and distribution medicines and vaccines will however remain with the cargo owner as the services currently available for pharmaceutical logistics are by in large converted courier services with temperature controller warehouses and delivery vehicles.

[1] Cold Room Positive, Cold Room Negative, Refrigerator, Freezer,

[2] Compression, Absorption, Solar, Other, unspecified