Specialised fleet and expertise set TLD apart

‘Hugely versatile’ abnormal trailer fleet PROJECT specialist TLD Group will take on anything that everybody else is scared of, says m.d. Tim Driman. Handling project cargo to-and-from anywhere in the world, TLD Group was founded in 1981 and quickly developed into abnormal load transporters - soon followed by a move into freight project management. Adding global muscle is TLD’s membership of the Multi-modal Transport Group (MTG), a consortium of independent freight operators. The group now trades under four banners - TLD Transport, TLD Harbour Carriers, Interlogix (licensed removers in bond), and TLD Marine (classified as “Car Terminal No 3” in Durban - and with a licence to handle uncleared cargo). Added to that, the group also has a licence for unlimited open air storage. Interlogix now acts as a service provider to the clearing and forwarding industry, with a customs’ consignor bond of R20-million allowing it to handle any bonded cargo both within and across SA borders. Driman is also proud of his fleet of 39 abnormal trailers - large parts of it designed and developed in-house. These range from 16.5-metre long Super Decks (an in-house design) to 20-m fully-supported deck trailers - with lowbeds down to 65-centimetres high. With 13-ton axles, all TLD’s trailers are licensed to carry containers up to 42-tons, and makes them a “hugely versatile” fleet,” according to Driman. “We also have a very specialised staff who will supervise the load/discharge of ships. “We escort our own vehicles, and provide supervision anywhere in sub-Saharan Africa.”