Services
Our business focuses on
5 key areas:
Insurance Related Salvage
We purchase salvage from insurers that are from insurance claims, this includes collecting salvage items from the insurer’s clients. NSB carries out all insurance jobs in accordance with the insurers mandate.
Corporate Salvage & Stock Lot Clearances
We buy salvage items that companies wish to get rid of. Both local & international End of range, redundant, short-dated, or overproduced items, swell allowance, packaging change, and damaged stock.
Liquidations
We buy Salvage of resealable items to recoup losses.
Disaster Clean-up
Professional, safe, and compliant clean-ups after disasters.
Demolition, Distraction, & Waste Collection
Including salvage of potentially valuable building materials and items which would normally go to waste. Removal, transport, and recycling of waste.
Salvage Sales
Giving salvage another life by selling what can still be used through direct sales, auction sales, salvage shop.
Corporate Insurance Salvage
We work directly with businesses across a broad range of industries, offering all our clients complete peace of mind.
Domestic Insurance Salvage
We salvage domestic products that have been insured. These items include any and every household item or personal use asset.
De-Branding
If you need de-branding of goods before resale we offer a full de-branding service that is tailored to your requirements.
Corporate Insurance Salvage
From small-scale domestic salvage services for insurance companies to emergency disaster salvage and recovery operations we have the expertise, network, and experience to handle any salvage challenge.
Who we can help
Some of the organisations we regularly work with include:
- Insurance companies.
- Assessors.
- Underwriters.
- Loss adjustors.
- Insurance Brokers.
We also work directly with businesses and individuals across a broad range of industries, offering all our clients complete peace of mind.
Category A Insurance
We carry out all insurance jobs as per the requirement of the insurer and by the client’s mandate. After a disaster takes place, we immediately start working on the site.
The process usually involves:
- Securing the site
- Uplifting salvage
- Transporting cargo
- Warehousing
- Complete clean up to site
- Handing over.
We cover goods in transit:
- Uplift cargo from site e.g. accident scene.
- Clean-up site.
- Cargo damaged due to rain is water seeped through tarp etc.
- Cargo which moved while in transit is moved from pallets and placed over into the vehicle.
We cover Agri claims:
- Animal feed claims.
- Irrigation and watering system claims.
- Agricultural related equipment and machinery claims.
- Fruit and vegetable claims.
- Fertilizer claims.
- Grain wheat sugar maize and associated commodity claims.
We cover Industrial claims:
- Production claims.
- Machinery and equipment claims.
- Raw material claims.
We cover Commercial and Corporate claims:
- Retail outlets.
- Chain store salvage management and upliftment.
- Warehousing and distribution companies.
- Factories.
- Engineering workshops and similar service providers.
- All retail wholesale distribution manufacturing-related claims.
We cover Marine claims:
- Soiled cargo in the port or on vessel.
- Cargo damaged while being shipped.
- Cargo mishandled.
Category B Insurance
Retail/Wholesale/Manufacturing supply chain salvage insurance claims.
We offer a complete disposition of consumer-packaged goods which become available after disasters. We have a reseller network that takes distressed parcels and sells them at discounted prices to astute buyers.
The reseller network is supported by selected shop outlets that target consumers. We also offer a complete brand protection programme whereby we de-brand prior to moving stock forward.
Through these reseller outlets, we are regularly buying and selling canned food, commodities, cosmetics, FMCG, household products, personal care products, tissue products, salvage repo furniture, salvage, and repo electronics.
Here, our specialized salvage solutions will handle:
1. Product overrun.
2. Cancelled orders.
3. End-of-line products.
4. Insurance claims.
5. Redundant stocks.
6. Confiscated consumer goods.
7. Bulk warehouse clearances.
8. Liquidated merchandise.
9. Raw materials.
10. Closeouts.
11. Purchased shelf pulls.
12. Returns.
13. Overstock.
Category C Warehousing
We offer complete warehousing with a loading and distribution facility. Through our free social programme, we collect and distribute cargo that is donated and for the sake of evidence, we provide photos, videos, and paperwork for all jobs that have been carried out.
Domestic Insurance Salvage
We salvage domestic products that have been insured.
These items include any and every household item or personal use asset.
Types of domestic products we salvage:
- All appliances: Refrigerators, Freezers, etc.
- Electronics: Cell phones, Televisions, etc.
- Personal Use Assets: Motor Vehicles
We facilitate and carry out the following:
- Collection from a current location anywhere in the country.
- Warehousing.
- Marketing as per insurer request (physical auctions, live online auctions, online trading platform, etc.)
- Resale as per insurer request.
Partnerships
We are partnered with insurance companies that allocate these items to us.
Nationwide
Based in Durban with teams and warehousing facilities placed tactically across the country.
Customer Service
We are able to leverage these resources into ensuring optimal customer service.
De-Branding
For clients that require the de-branding of goods before resale.
We offer a full de-branding service that is tailored to our client’s requests.
What's included?
This service includes, but is not limited to:
- Upliftment.
- Warehousing.
- Repackaging as per client request.
- Reselling as per client request.
Marketing
We exercises the required degree of care, skill and diligence when marketing such products. We endeavour to resell these products in an informal market, thereby protecting the brand.
Protect your brand
We are committed to ensuring client satisfaction, be it a supplier or customer. We understand that our clients need to protect their brand. With this in mind, we make every effort to prevent the depreciation of a brand.
Our Networks
We have long-standing ties with:
- The animal feed industry – to reprocess specific items for related usage.
- Paper and waste recyclers.
- Packaging and plastic recyclers.
- Steel and scrap merchants and exporters.
Buy & sell
We are involved in the sale and purchase of stock lots. These are items that are sold at a fraction of the market price in large quantities as a lot or parcel.
If you are looking to buy or sell such products, we are YOUR solution!
Included items
These include items in the following categories:
- End of Range Products: Product lines that are discontinued and need to be cleared.
- Overproduction: Goods that are produced in excess of demand and sitting in warehouses or factories.
- Redundant Products: Outdated products and goods that have been replaced by newer models.
- Change in Packaging: Goods in the market that have recently undergone a change in packaging design.
- Short-Dated Products: Products that are nearing expiry and need to be cleared.
- Swell Allowance and Damaged Stock: A swell allowance is a credit issued by a vendor to account for possible damages to stock upon receipt. It is a fixed percentage regardless of actual damage.
What we do?
We are involved in the purchase, upliftment, warehousing, and sale of these items. Our marketing scope extends to the local formal, local informal, as well as the international markets!