King & Sons - Non-Liner

King & Sons a division of Grindrod Ships Agencies (Pty) Ltd is one of the oldest ships agencies in Southern Africa, having been founded in 1881. King & Sons operates in all ports of South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique and was the first South African Ship;s Agencies to be awarded ISO 9001:2000 accreditation.

King & Sons represents a wide range of global principals in non-liner activities:

Non-Liner Principals

• Multiple representation including Jo Tankers and Island View Shipping
• Representation extends to bulk carriers, including refined petroleum and specialised chemical product and crude oil tankers

Ship's Agency services provided to ship owners and operators include:

• Landside management of cargoes
• Bunkers, Co-ordinate bunker stems with oil major's/arrange Barge where necessary and co-ordinate bunker operations as per vessel requirement.
• Spares, Track and Trace, arrange clearance of spares and delivery to vessel.
• Stores, Co-ordinate vessels/owners requirement and delivery to vessel
• Arrange Guarantee letters. Arrange/co-ordinate flights. Arrange transportation/immigrations and customs formalities.
• Hotel Bookings, Book inward/outward crew with relevant hotels at preferential rates as and when required.
• Crew transport, arrange crew transport at owners/Masters request: to Doctors, Dentist, Notaries, hotels etc.
• Cash to Master, Arrange/co-ordinate safe receipt and delivery of CTM to masters
• Fresh water supply, arrange/co-ordinate supply of fresh water to vessels as per owners/masters request.
• Stowaways, Arrange/co-ordinate detention/removal of stowaways with relevant authorities (Immigration/Customs/P&I/SAPS) arrange/co-ordinate repatriation as and when required as per South African immigration regulations.
• Vessel Arrests, Arrange/Co-ordinate legal processes.
• Hospitalization, Arrange crew hospitalization as and when required. Co-ordinate feedback/doctors reports and repatriation requirements.
• Vessel husbandry
• Ship Repair Co-ordination
• Dry Dock arrangements
• SPM operations
• Ship owners protecting Agency
• Port Agency operations
• Charterers agency for World Food Programme
• Container Logistics
• Container Rail Management
• Specialist depot storage for ISO tank containers, also providing repairs, preparation, washing and cleaning.