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Shipping companies in South Africa — browse 202 records

Browse 202 shipping companies in South Africa — registry-sourced from CIPC, scoped to NACE 50. Each record carries up to 500 firmographic attributes — from Registration Number and registered address to revenue, headcount and corporate group structure. The largest by revenue are STURROCK GRINDROD MARITIME (PTY) LTD ($257M), FGS SHIPPING (PTY) LTD ($37M) and OCEAN NETWORK EXPRESS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD ($37M).

202
Shipping companies
4
NACE codes
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Group-linked records

Top companies

Largest shipping companies in South Africa (2026)

The largest shipping companies in South Africa by revenue are STURROCK GRINDROD MARITIME (PTY) LTD ($257M), FGS SHIPPING (PTY) LTD ($37M) and OCEAN NETWORK EXPRESS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD ($37M). The directory below ranks them — sort any column, or filter by sub-sector, company size and region.

Last updated June 2026.

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Every South African shipping companies record with all attributes, by API, bulk export or CRM enrichment.

Showing 25 of 202 South African shipping companies· click a column to sort, or a company for its full record

Inland freight water transport300$257M
Inland freight water transport290$37M
Sea and coastal freight water transport131$37M
Inland freight water transport197$36M
Inland freight water transport13$31M
Inland freight water transport85$25M
Inland freight water transport197$18M
Inland freight water transport73$12M
Sea and coastal freight water transport16$12M
Inland freight water transport175$11M
Sea and coastal freight water transport25$10M
Inland freight water transport2$10M
Inland freight water transport63$8M
Inland freight water transport40$7M
Inland freight water transport13$7M
Inland freight water transport20$6M
Inland freight water transport20$6M
Inland passenger water transport50$6M
Inland freight water transport14$6M
Sea and coastal freight water transport58$5M
Inland freight water transport50$5M
Sea and coastal passenger water transport36$5M
Inland passenger water transport36$5M
Inland passenger water transport36$5M
Inland passenger water transport36$5M

This is a sample. The full database holds 202 South African shipping companies, each with every attribute in the dictionary below.

Database overview

Shipping companies in South Africa — database overview

Distributions across all 202 shipping companies in South Africa — registry-sourced from CIPC and refreshed daily.

Company size (by employee band)

  • 1–9
    35%
  • 10–49
    51%
  • 50–199
    11%
  • 200+
    3%

Sub-sector breakdown (NACE)

  • Inland freight water transport78%
  • Sea and coastal freight water transport10%
  • Inland passenger water transport10%
  • Sea and coastal passenger water transport1%

Regional distribution

  • Gauteng
    33%
  • KwaZulu-Natal
    32%
  • Western Cape
    28%
  • Eastern Cape
    5%
  • Free State
    1%
  • Mpumalanga
    1%
  • Other
    1%

Revenue (USD)

  • Less than $100K
    3%
  • $100K – $1M
    64%
  • $1M – $10M
    30%
  • $10M – $100M
    3%
  • $100M+
    0%
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These distributions are computed from the full South African shipping companies database, not the sample above.

Data coverage

What data is available on shipping companies in South Africa

South Africa business database

Firmographics

Legal name, registered address, NACE sub-sector, legal form, founding year and website. Every record is keyed to its Registration Number — the stable CIPC identifier that survives name changes and rebrands, making it the most reliable CRM deduplication key for South Africa data.

Points of interest

Each company is geocoded to GPS coordinates covering its registered seat and operating locations across South Africa, with a precision level on every point — useful for territory planning and proximity targeting.

Tax IDs

Records carry the Registration Number and, where applicable, the VAT registration number, with a flag for when the two coincide. These are the cleanest match keys for enriching lists and cross-referencing against the national tax authority and your CRM.

Group structure

InfobelPRO resolves the corporate hierarchy — parent, subsidiaries and the size of the worldwide corporate family — so sales and compliance teams can see who controls an entity before engaging or onboarding it.

Financials

Annual revenue in local currency, EUR and USD, employee headcount and founding year, with multi-year history where filed. Figures are sourced from CIPC filings and carry an Actual-or-Modeled reliability flag.

Data dictionary

Every attribute in the South African shipping companies dataset

The full field catalogue behind each record. Contact data (email, phone, executives) is part of the licensed dataset but is never displayed on this page.

Identity

companyName
Registered legal name.
businessName
Trading / commercial name where it differs from the legal name.
tradeName
Additional registered trade name.
nationalID
Registration Number — the official CIPC company identifier.
nationalIDIsVat
Flag indicating whether the national ID doubles as the VAT number.

Location

addressStreet
Registered street address.
postCode
Postal code.
city
City / locality.
province
Region / province / county.
country
Country (ISO).
longitude / latitude
Geocoded coordinates of the location.
geoLevel
Precision level of the geocode.

Web

website
Primary corporate URL.
webDomain
Normalised root domain.
websiteStatusFlag
Live / dead / redirect status from the last crawl.
websiteCrawlDate
Date the website was last checked.

Activity

altInternationalCode01–06
Up to six NACE Rev. 2 activity codes plus labels.
internationalCode
US SIC code.
localCode
National activity code.
infobelCode
Proprietary Infobel activity code.

Size

employeesHere
Headcount at this location.
employeesTotal
Total headcount across the entity (with Actual / Modeled flag).

Financials

salesVolume
Annual revenue in local currency.
salesVolumeEuros
Annual revenue converted to EUR.
salesVolumeDollars
Annual revenue converted to USD — shown in the table.
currency
Reporting currency.
yearStarted
Year the company was founded.
financialHistory
Multi-year revenue history where filed.

Status & legal

statusCodeName
HQ, branch or single-location indicator.
legalStatusCodeDescription
Legal form (e.g. limited company / corporation).

Group structure

familyMembers
Number of entities in the worldwide corporate family.
subsidiaryIndicator
Whether the entity is a subsidiary.
parentLinkage
Link to the parent company.
domesticLinkage / globalLinkage
Domestic and global ownership links.
hierarchyCode
Position within the corporate hierarchy.

Source comparison

CIPC vs InfobelPRO

CIPC gives you legal registration data. InfobelPRO adds the commercial intelligence sales, marketing and compliance teams actually need.

AttributeCIPCFree official registryInfobelPRO
Registration NumberYesYes — on 99.9% of records
Legal name & registered addressYesYes
Company status (HQ / branch)YesYes — daily sync
NACE sub-sector classificationYesYes — up to 6 codes
Annual revenue (local / EUR / USD)Filings onlyYes — multi-currency
Employee countNoYes
Decision-maker contactsNoYes — licensed
Geocoded coordinatesNoYes
Corporate group structureFilings onlyYes — full hierarchy
API accessNoYes — REST API
Bulk export (CSV / JSON / Parquet)NoYes
Update frequencyPeriodic (filings)Daily sync

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

By the revenue shown in the directory above, the largest shipping companies in South Africa include STURROCK GRINDROD MARITIME (PTY) LTD ($257M), FGS SHIPPING (PTY) LTD ($37M) and OCEAN NETWORK EXPRESS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD ($37M). Sort the Revenue column or filter by sub-sector, size and region to explore the full ranking.
InfobelPRO lists 202 shipping companies registered in South Africa, classified under NACE 50, sourced from CIPC. The directory covers all registered entities in scope, not a sampled subset.
Gauteng holds the largest share with 33% of South Africa's shipping companies, followed by KwaZulu-Natal (32%) and Western Cape (28%). The region chart above shows the full distribution.
Shipping companies in South Africa are classified under NACE 50 — 4 sub-sector codes appear in this segment. Each record can carry up to six NACE Rev. 2 activity codes, plus a US SIC code and the national activity code.
Core firmographics come directly from CIPC and are refreshed daily — new incorporations, address changes and status updates flow through within 24 hours of publication. Revenue and employee figures track annual report filings and carry an Actual-or-Modeled reliability flag.
Yes. InfobelPRO combines registry-sourced firmographics with licensed contact data, processed under GDPR Article 6(1)(f) — legitimate interest. Individual opt-outs are honoured and compliance documentation is available on request.

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