TLD offers specialised selection of trailers

Well known as transit depot for open top and flat rack containers TERRY HUTSON TRANSIT LOADING & Distribution, better known as TLD, has been around since 1981, making it 25 years old this year. Not only does the company have a prime position at Bayhead close to Durban Harbour, it has an unlimited open air bond store equipped with container ramps for packing and unpacking and offloading mobile traffic. “We’ve become well-known as a transit depot for open top and flat rack containers because of the high cost of turning in these containers in Gauteng. The shipping lines all know and use us,” says Tim Driman, founder and MD of the TLD Group. His company has recently taken delivery of 25 new 7600 International heavy-load mechanical horses to supplement its service which operates throughout southern and central Africa. Among recent projects in which TLD is involved is the upgrade of the Arnot Power Station requiring the transportation of heavy project cargo from Richards Bay to the power station in Mpumalanga. Current projects Other current or recent projects include the Maguga Hydroelectric Power Station in Swaziland and an upgrade of the Swaziland Sugar Mill. Then there’s the Mondi paper mill upgrade at Richards Bay which required the handling of three new digesters – basically three large steel bottles 11m in length used in the conversion of wood chips into cellulose. “We pioneered the concept of superdeck (large long deck) trailers, and with a specialised selection of trailers available TLD is ideally situated for project cargo,” explained Driman, who emphasised the ideal site of TLD’s fully equipped premises in Durban Harbour, complete with cranes and other equipment to load or unload flat racks, top loading containers etc. “We have the expertise (and experience) – will travel,” he says.