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Degreasers & Heavy-Duty Cleaners for Transport & Logistics in Namibia

Every transport depot workshop fights the same grease: sump oil on the floor, diesel film on engines, and baked deposits on parts that a rag and thinners won’t shift. The transporters segmentation sheet answers with MPC Degreaser on engine parts and Magnus 92 on the floors — Windhoek-blended, drum-priced for daily depot use.

The local problems this range solves

  • Oil-black concrete around service pits failing safety walk-throughs
  • Engine and gearbox grime hiding leaks that pre-trip inspections must find
  • Spilled diesel and hydraulic fluid on hardstands with nowhere legal to hose it
  • Parts-washing costs creeping when done with retail aerosols
  • Vermiculite or Peat D? Crews unsure what belongs at the fuel bay

Compliance & documentation

Workshop-floor condition and spill response are standing items in transport safety audits; Cernol supplies data sheets and a written spill-kit spec with the quote.

Local tip

Order Peat D with every degreaser drum — depots that keep the absorbent next to the fuel bay actually use it, and the ratio of one absorbent bag per drum of degreaser tracks real consumption at Namibian depots.

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The lines transport & logistics buyers draw from this category most.

MPC Degreaser pack

MPC Degreaser

Industrial

Multi-purpose degreaser for engine parts — the workshop standard across transport, mining and fishing segments.

Available in5 L25 L

Available from: Windhoek & Walvis Bay agent

Magnus 92 pack

Magnus 92

MagnusIndustrial

Floor powder for workshop floors — the standard scrub for oily concrete, engine rooms and boat floors.

Available in5 kg25 kg

Available from: Windhoek & Walvis Bay agent

Peat D pack

Environmental absorbent for hydrocarbon clean-up — absorbs oil from floors.

Available inBag

Available from: Windhoek & Walvis Bay agent

Vermiculite pack

Increases aeration in compost, holds water and distributes nutrients evenly through the root zone. Also used in roofs for insulation, and as an absorbent for liquid spills.

Available inBag

Available from: Windhoek & Walvis Bay agent

Magnus 215 pack

Magnus 215

MagnusIndustrial

Heavy-duty alkaline cleaner and liquid drain cleaner — not for aluminium, zinc or die-castings. Cleans sails, tarpaulins and floors.

Available in5 L25 L

Available from: Windhoek & Walvis Bay agent

Synapol A pack

Synapol A

Industrial

Heavy-duty industrial liquid detergent, also suitable for steam cleaners. General-purpose cleaner and the listed alternative to GPL Detergent.

Available in5 L25 L200 L

Available from: Windhoek & Walvis Bay agent

OSE 750 pack

Low-toxicity oil-spill dispersant, also used for marine applications.

Available in5 L25 L

Available from: Windhoek & Walvis Bay agent

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Degreasers for transport & logistics: asked and answered

Why degrease engines before service rather than after repair?

Because a clean engine shows you where the oil comes from. MPC Degreaser applied before the vehicle goes on the pit turns “somewhere on the left bank” into a visible weep at a specific seal, and pre-trip leak checks become meaningful. It also keeps the fitter’s work — and the workshop floor — dramatically cleaner, which compounds into fewer slips, cleaner tools and faster jobs across the depot.

What is the right floor routine for a depot workshop?

Two layers: immediate absorbent response (Peat D or Vermiculite scattered on any spill, swept and binned — the sheet lists both, with peat as the alternative) and a weekly Magnus 92 powder scrub of the traffic and pit areas to strip the film that builds regardless. Depots that only do the weekly scrub end up scrubbing spills into the concrete; depots that only absorb never remove the film. The pair keeps floors grippy and auditors quiet.

Is a heated parts washer worth it for a fleet workshop?

At fleet scale, usually yes — and the chemistry decides the economics. A bath charged with Magnus 152 (hot alkaline, powder) or a soak tank of Magnus 755 for carbonised parts is re-usable for months, so cost per cleaned component collapses compared with aerosol-and-rag cleaning. Match the bath to the metal: 152 and 215-type alkalis for steel, 755 where aluminium housings and mixed assemblies go in the same tank.

How should a depot handle a diesel spill on the hardstand?

Contain and absorb, never hose: ring the spill with Peat D, work it in, sweep and dispose per your environmental procedure — Namibian depots increasingly operate under zero-discharge expectations, and diesel to a stormwater drain is a reportable event. OSE 750 dispersant belongs in the response kit for residual film on sealed surfaces. The absorbent bag at the fuel bay costs less than the smallest environmental fine.

Serving Transport & Logistics from our Windhoek branch

Cernol Chemicals Windhoek — Factory & Sales Office · Cnr Kallie Roodt & Etienne Rosseau Street, Northern Industrial Area, Windhoek · Tel 061 262 985 · Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00

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Served primarily from Cernol Chemicals Windhoek — Factory & Sales Office — 061 262 985. SDS, grades and delivery scheduling included in the quote.