Southern Africa Fruit Terminals (Pty) Ltd

Cold Steri Precooling
All shipments are precooled according to DAFF/PPECB guidelines to ensure that we meet the Sterilisation requirements of the destination countries. Fruit for these shipments are monitored via a computerised system throughout the entire process, backed up by staff on duty 24/7, giving you full traceability while under our watchful eye. The loading of each container destined for a Steri market, is supervised by a PPECB inspector.

We have dedicated staff facilitating these shipments making it as hassle free as possible.

Cold Storage
In close proximity to the Port of Cape Town, just off the N7, we have SAFT Atlantic and SAFT Killarney, ideally located as a consolidation facility to feed specialised reefer (conventional) shipping terminals, yet close enough to act as a containerisation facility. Fruit is sent to SAFT Atlantic and SAFT Killarney for this purpose from areas as far as the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape.

ColdHarvest offers its services in the beautiful Paarl region, making it possible for producers to deliver their fruit in small or large quantities to this facility virtually on their doorstep. ColdHarvest also has a private railsiding and can receive or dispatch fruit by rail.

Controlled Atmosphere (CA) Storage
Our ColdHarvest cold store offers 18 controlled atmosphere chambers with a total capacity of 15 662 bins. Quick loading and precise gassing to the correct atmosphere will ensure the optimum outcome. Constant monitoring is done via a computerised system, backed up by staff on duty 24/7.

Inspection
We have facilities for PPECB and the DAFF, which is also used by various exporters for post harvest inspections. In addition to the normal inspections facilities, we have USDA approved inspection facilities at our ColdHarvest, SAFT Atlantic and SAFT Killarney cold stores, making this a one stop shop for USA containerisation..

At our ColdHarvest, SAFT Atlantic and SAFT Killarney cold stores we currently cater for special market inspections to destinations such as:

Bangladesh
China
India
Iran
Israel
Nigeria
Philippines
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
USA

Integrated Cold Store Network
Should SAFT not have sufficient capacity at the main contracted cold store with a client, it is able to divert fruit to any of the other cold stores in the Group.

Integrated systems throughout our cold stores and sharing of management expertise links up to make us a strong partner in the cold store.

Precooling
When allocating storage for client’s intakes, cooling times for ambient produce, the produce type, packaging and client protocols are all taken into consideration.