UN-approved packaging specialist provides comprehensive service range

WHEN IT comes to cargo packaging, getting it right first time round is crucial – and that means dealing only with reputable suppliers. Kempton Park-based Hexagon Packaging was set up to cater for the logistical needs of the market in South Africa, with the focus on reliable, innovative, tailor-made solutions. The company is a supplier of United Nations (UN) certified packaging for the transport of dangerous goods by air, sea and land. “We offer advice and technical expertise and stock a wide range of UN-approved packaging, certified after performance testing for all packing groups, covering both single and combination packaging,” says Hexagon’s Andre Greyvenstein. “Performance testing includes drop, stack and water testing. Additional items such as hazardous labels, trem cards, inner packaging materials and palletising of hazardous cargo into over packs is also available.” Goods are packed and documented to comply with current air (Iata) and sea (IMDG) regulations, he added. But the company’s portfolio extends beyond pure packaging to include the classification of hazardous cargo, cargo inspections, repacking and redocumenting shipments in transit and preparing new sets of shippers’ declarations for dangerous goods by air, sea and road. “And we’re also able to transport the cargo using our range of vehicles, all of which comply with the road regulations for the transport of dangerous goods and flammable cargo,” he said. Hexagon Packaging is registered with the department of agriculture to supply the certification mark in terms of ISPM 15 guidelines regulating wood packing material in international trade. “This means that the wood we use in the crating of cargo has been treated against pests and does not require fumigation and therefore no fumigation costs will be added,” he said. The company also carries a range of wrapping and strapping materials for cargo palletisation.