Port Services

Vanguard are known for offering complete project solutions and supporting our clients through each stage of the job, including within the port. We offer a variety of solutions to project manage and handle breakbulk cargo through port transition stages, including short-to-long term storage, loading, offloading and lifting.

Port Expertise

Vanguard provides comprehensive solutions to manage and handle breakbulk cargo through all port transition stages, offering services from short and long-term storage to precise loading, offloading, and lifting operations. With a dedicated port services department and decades of industry experience, Vanguard adds significant value by going beyond traditional heavy lift, specialist transport and installation services.

Our team is highly responsive to market demands, continuously evolving our service offering to meet client needs. Leveraging strong stakeholder relationships across South African ports, Vanguard ensures smooth operations and reliable service for clients at every stage of port handling and project cargo management.

Key Services

Key Equipment

Port Service Offering

Vanguard offers tailored storage solutions within the port, ensuring safe and efficient handling of cargo. Our team manages all loading and offloading operations with precision, along with transshipment and other heavy lift activities. We oversee every element of the project, providing comprehensive project management to ensure seamless execution. Our services also include the completion of all necessary shipping documentation, ensuring compliance and accuracy. To support complex requirements, our engineering team is available to assist whenever needed, providing expert guidance. Additionally, Vanguard offers ship maintenance and salvage services, ensuring the smooth and reliable operation of your shipping logistics.

Complete Service Solution

Our service offering goes beyond heavy lift and specialised transport by providing comprehensive port services. This includes managing the entire process, from offloading cargo to final installation, ensuring a seamless transition at every stage. Our professional and reliable team is dedicated to delivering high-quality service, while our dynamic approach allows us to quickly adapt to our clients’ evolving needs. With years of experience and a strong commitment to excellence, Vanguard’s capabilities add significant value to every project, providing clients with the confidence that their cargo is in expert hands from start to finish.

Our Approach

We go above and beyond, and we strive to exceed all clients’ needs and expectations. From the initial inception of a project, our involvement includes the management of every individual stage of the process, ensuring the delivery of a complete solution and peace of mind to every client we work with.

Commercial Support

We listen and we’re honest. We work closely with our clients to listen and fully understand the requirements of the project. We provide all necessary commercial support from the very early stages of the project and remain proactively engaged right through to project completion, ensuring we exceed all of our clients needs and expectations.

Engineering & Design

Our expert in-house engineering
team are dedicated to providing bespoke solutions to each and every project we undertake. We use our knowledge and experience to approach projects with confidence, and our industry leading equipment fleet to successfully deliver the designed concept.

Operational Delivery

We pride ourselves on consistently delivering successful projects for our clients. Approaching each unique project with our unique knowledge and skillset. We use our experience to deliver every project with professionalism, honesty, dedication and respect. Ensuring we offer the highest quality service for a safe and efficient delivery.

Commissioning & Handover

Vanguard provides a
comprehensive commissioning
service for our clients projects, offering a complete solution to the operational challenges that are faced within the industry. We project manage each aspect of the delivery and ensure clear and robust handovers are in place at project signoff. 

Highest Standards of Service

Our team remain committed to providing the highest standards of service across each of our projects. We believe in offering a personal approach to delivering industry leading solutions for our clients. We listen and we’re honest in our approach, taking pride in our client relationships. 

We are Vanguard

Projects

We pride ourselves on consistently delivering successful projects for our clients, so we wanted to demonstrate some of our most recent projects.

Transportation of 171ton cold box from Namibia to Zambia

Vanguard Relocate the SAS Assegaai Submarine

Vanguards record breaking wind blade transportation