About Us
AMD Freight and Transport (PTY) LTD were opened in July 2013 by its founding member Darryl Naicker. My experience in shipping industry started at the young age of 18 with my 1st job at Excellence Freight clearing & Forwarding which serviced the second hand Japanese Motor Vehicle Industry. This included various types of vehicles including trucks and other abnormal machinery which was either cleared in transit or warehoused in Bond for Export at a later stage. It was in the process of obtaining a certificate of Roadworthiness for one of these trucks that led to me being involved in a serious accident in which I nearly lost my life. At the age of nineteen as a result of my injury I had lost both my limbs above knee and ended up confined to a wheelchair. This however did not get me down or hinder my enthusiasm and passion for the industry. Being more office inclined I continued to work for Excellence Freight and thereafter I moved on to KN Freight and Transport which was solely owned by one of the directors of Excellence Freight. I excelled in this field and was now the Import Operations Manager and ran the import operations department for KN Freight and Transport for 5 years. I then moved on to another company, a Transport Brokerage called Active Logistix where I was the Transport Operations Manager for 5 years. After 10 years in the Clearing & Forwarding, Transport and Warehousing Industry I gained vast experience and knowledge across the board regarding rules & regulations, systems & procedures as well as permits & documentation involved and associated with different types of cargo. These jobs basically laid the foundation of my vast knowledge of the industry as well as fuelled the ambition I have always had to open my own Clearing & Forwarding, Transport and Warehousing Company. After the 5 years with Active Logistix I set out to open my own company – AMD Freight and Transport (PTY) LTD – confident that I had gained the knowledge & expertise I would need to navigate the Shipping, Transport and Warehousing field. I worked closely and interacted daily with shipping lines, Forwarding Agencies, Groupage agents, S.A.C.D, National Ports Authority, Harbour Revenue, Customs & Excise, Customs Anti-Smuggling, Border Police, Port Health, State vet, Plant Inspectors, Intertek Foreign Trade Testing, Durban Container Terminal, unpack and storage container depots, cold stores and other Transporters as well as Clearing & Forwarding Agents. Through this I established many friends & built professional and social relationships with many companies and people in the Shipping, Transport and Warehousing industry. Client service and satisfaction are fundamental to all successful long term business relationships. We remain committed to provide clients with service of excellent quality and a sound pricing structure