Cold storage on your site.
Within 48 hours.
Don't wait months for a built cold room. AquaCat delivers temperature-controlled reefer containers — sized to your operation, maintained by our technicians, and running before the end of the week. From −25°C to +25°C. Request a quote for rental pricing.
Reefer Rentals
Temperature-controlled container delivered to your site within 48 hours. You get compliant cold storage running on your premises without building infrastructure, waiting on contractors, or signing a 5-year lease. Plug in, switch on, store product. From −25°C freezer to +25°C ambient — matched to exactly what you're storing.
Every rental includes a maintenance programme — we don't just drop a container and disappear. Our units are industrial-grade reefers, many repurposed from international shipping for reliable on-shore cold storage. December and January are peak season — event demand, cultural celebrations, and increased production all hit at once. During off-season, units return to our depot fully serviced and ready to redeploy, so when the surge hits, we have the fleet depth to handle it.
48-hour delivery in KZN
Month-to-month, no lock-in
3m, 6m, and 12m configurations
Single-phase and three-phase power options
R638 food-grade compliant
Maintenance included on SLV2/SLV3
Buy from a fleet operator, not a container trader.
When you buy a reefer from AquaCat, you're buying from a team that maintains 200+ units daily — not someone who bought a shipping lot and marked it up. Every sales unit is condition-graded (A, B, or C), fully serviced, and delivered with a detailed inspection report. And because we're also a maintenance operation, you get ongoing access to certified technicians for the life of the unit.
We sell nationally across South Africa, and our sales footprint extends into Southern Africa, East Africa, and beyond — we've delivered units into Zambia, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, the DRC, Tanzania, and Malawi.
3m Reefer
Compact cold rooms for retail, pharmacy, events
6m Reefer
Mid-range for butcheries, restaurants, medical facilities
12m Reefer
Full-scale for distribution centres, food processing, agriculture
Choose your service level
Basic
You get the unit, we deliver it. Basic rental.
- Unit delivery
- Basic rental agreement
- Month-to-month terms
Standard
Includes planned maintenance visits. Most popular for food retail.
- Everything in SLV1
- Planned maintenance visits
- Compliance documentation
- Standard response callout
Premium
The full package — planned servicing, priority emergency callout, and guaranteed response times. For pharma and high-value cold chains.
- Everything in SLV2
- Priority emergency callout
- Guaranteed response times
- Full maintenance cover
Maintenance by the people who know these units inside out.
We don't just rent and sell reefer containers — we maintain the entire fleet. That means our technicians work on these exact units every day. When you call us for a breakdown, we're not diagnosing from scratch. We already know the model, the common faults, and we're carrying the parts.
Planned Servicing
Scheduled maintenance keeps your unit running efficiently and your compliance documentation current.
Emergency Callout
When it breaks, you call one number. We respond with qualified reefer technicians, not general contractors.
Service Plans
From basic rental through to premium all-inclusive cover with guaranteed response times.
"Renting long-term will cost me more than buying?"
It might feel that way, but run the real numbers. A purchased reefer means R250k–R600k+ upfront capital, plus you carry the maintenance, the breakdowns, the depreciation. With rental, your monthly is fixed, maintenance is included (SLV2/SLV3), and you can scale up or down without being stuck with idle assets burning money in your yard. Most of our long-term rental clients ran the numbers and chose flexibility over ownership — that's why they're still with us years later.
Trusted across industries
Retail & Food
Woolworths, Spar, and Masscash trust AquaCat for on-site cold storage across multiple facilities. We manage 200+ units nationally — if a unit underperforms, we don't argue about it. We fix it or we swap it.
Construction
WBHO, Profica, Trencon — they don't buy from us because we're the cheapest. They buy because the unit works when it arrives and keeps working.
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Common Questions
Straight answers. No jargon.
How quickly can you deliver?
Do I need three-phase power?
What's the difference between SLV1, SLV2, and SLV3?
Can I rent short-term or for seasonal demand?
I've been quoted cheaper. Why AquaCat?
Every hour without proper cold storage is stock at risk.
Tell us what you need — size, temperature, timeline. We'll tell you what's available and when we can deliver. No obligation, no 15-page proposal. Just a straight answer.
Get a Quote
Tell us what you need. We'll come back with availability and pricing — usually within a few hours.