Food and agricultural supply-chain services in Ghana
Every service serving Ghana in one place: cold and ambient storage, freight, logistics, customs, inspection, treatment and distribution.
Ghana marketStorage providers
Cold and ambient storage providers in GhanaOperates one of the world's largest temperature-controlled warehouse networks, with more than 480 facilities across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific offering frozen, refrigerated and multi-zone storage plus blast freezing.
Owns and operates around 250 temperature-controlled warehouses worldwide, including 19 sites across Australia and New Zealand positioned near ports and major distribution centres.
Japanese logistics group offering warehouse storage and distribution including a cold chain logistics service alongside general ambient warehousing. It operates in Japan and internationally, including bases in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia.
Third party cold chain logistics provider offering cold storage, transportation and distribution of temperature sensitive goods including fresh produce and pharmaceuticals, and cold chain facility engineering for airport export warehouses.
Operator of a large bonded cold storage warehouse facility in Tema offering roughly 50,000 pallet positions for frozen foods and beverages, allowing importers to hold goods before customs clearance.
Green cold chain enterprise based in Kumasi providing solar powered refrigerated storage and mobile refrigerated transport for smallholder farmers and traders to reduce post harvest losses of fruit, vegetables and fish.
Logistics providers
Logistics providers in GhanaKLN Logistics Group (formerly Kerry Logistics Network) is a Hong Kong-headquartered logistics provider offering air, ocean and land freight, integrated logistics, warehousing, customs brokerage, e-commerce fulfilment and cold chain solutions across Asia and beyond.
Yusen Logistics is a Japan-headquartered global freight forwarding and contract logistics provider offering ocean and air freight, warehousing, distribution, customs brokerage and temperature-controlled cold chain logistics for perishable goods.
DHL Supply Chain, part of Germany-headquartered DHL Group, is the world's leading contract logistics provider offering warehousing, transport, distribution and temperature-controlled cold chain solutions for perishables and life sciences.
Nippon Express (NX Group) is a Japan-headquartered global logistics provider offering air, ocean and ground freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution, customs support and supply chain solutions across roughly 57 countries.
CJ Logistics is a Seoul-headquartered integrated logistics provider offering warehousing, transportation, freight forwarding, customs brokerage, parcel delivery and IoT-enabled cold chain solutions for frozen, chilled and temperature-controlled goods.
Melbourne-headquartered logistics provider offering integrated supply chain, warehousing (including ambient, cold chain and frozen storage), transport and customs services across a network spanning around 150 countries.
Danish-headquartered global transport and logistics group operating in over 90 countries with air, sea, road and rail freight, contract logistics and temperature-controlled cold chain services for perishables and healthcare.
Marseille-headquartered logistics provider (part of CMA CGM, having absorbed Bolloré Logistics under one brand) operating in around 170 countries with contract logistics, air/ocean/ground freight, customs and reefer/perishables cold chain services.
Levallois (France)-headquartered full-service logistics company operating in around 166 countries with freight forwarding, contract logistics, distribution/express and temperature-controlled cold chain capabilities.
Abu Dhabi-headquartered logistics and investment group whose businesses include Agility Logistics Parks (Grade-A warehousing), Shipa freight forwarding, delivery and e-commerce fulfilment, and customs digitalization across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.
GXO Logistics is a publicly traded (NYSE: GXO) contract logistics company that operates temperature-controlled and ambient warehousing and distribution services, including for food and beverage manufacturers, with its global headquarters in Greenwich, Connecticut.
ID Logistics US is the United States operating entity of ID Logistics, a French-headquartered global contract logistics group; it was formed from ID Logistics' 2022 acquisition of Kane Logistics and provides warehousing, omnichannel distribution, and multi-temperature site operations from Scranton, Pennsylvania.
A Ghanaian shipping and logistics group established in 1999, headquartered in Accra with branches in Tema and Takoradi, operating over 47,000 square meters of bonded and non-bonded warehousing plus open storage yards, alongside customs clearance, project cargo movement and cross border haulage.
A wholly Ghanaian owned logistics company based in Tema serving public and private institutions across West Africa, providing freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution, customs clearance, haulage, bulk cargo discharge and shipping agency services from Accra, Tema and Takoradi ports.
Freight forwarders
Freight forwarders in GhanaKuehne+Nagel is a global freight forwarder offering sea and air logistics, customs, and dedicated cold chain and perishables services across close to 100 countries.
DSV is a Denmark-based global transport and logistics provider offering sea freight, air freight, customs, and project logistics across more than 90 countries.
Expeditors International is a US-based logistics company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and project cargo through a global network in over 100 countries.
Sinotrans is a China-based logistics group and major NVOCC offering sea and air freight forwarding, shipping agency, and multimodal logistics from Chinese ports worldwide.
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is a Germany-based freight forwarder operating in 62 countries with a dedicated perishable logistics arm offering temperature-controlled and reefer transport for food, flowers and edible oils.
Dimerco Express Group is a Taiwan-based, Asia-Pacific-focused freight forwarder providing air and ocean freight, customs brokerage, and contract logistics across China, India and ASEAN.
Nippon Express (NX Group) is a Japan-headquartered logistics company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, perishable logistics and project logistics across more than 50 countries.
Yusen Logistics is a Japan-headquartered freight forwarder offering air and ocean freight forwarding, customs house brokerage, and cold chain logistics with reefer container and chilled/frozen air options for perishables.
CEVA Logistics, a CMA CGM company headquartered in France, provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and dedicated reefer and air-perishables cold chain services across around 170 countries.
Kerry Logistics (KLN Logistics Group) is a Hong Kong-headquartered, Asia-based global 3PL offering international air, ocean, road and rail freight forwarding, customs brokerage, project logistics and cold chain services across 58 countries and territories.
Rhenus Logistics is a Germany-headquartered logistics provider offering air and ocean freight forwarding, road transport, customs brokerage and project logistics across more than 70 countries.
C.H. Robinson is a US-headquartered global logistics provider offering ocean, air, customs brokerage, temperature-controlled and project logistics services with regional Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, Singapore and Mumbai.
Mainfreight is a New Zealand-headquartered logistics company providing air and sea freight forwarding, customs brokerage and dedicated perishable freight handling across a network of offices in 27 countries.
cargo-partner is an Austria-headquartered info-logistics provider and Nippon Express Group member offering air, sea and land freight, warehousing and cold-chain transport for perishables, with its Asia-Pacific regional head office in Hong Kong.
Seafrigo is a France-headquartered cold-chain logistics specialist providing temperature-controlled ocean freight, airfreight, customs and reefer-container services for perishable goods across offices on five continents.
Röhlig Logistics is a Germany-headquartered, owner-run international sea and air freight forwarder offering customs brokerage, project logistics and temperature-controlled/perishable cargo handling across more than 35 countries including Australia and New Zealand.
Woodland Group is a UK-based freight forwarder that provides ocean freight, air freight, customs clearance and temperature-controlled reefer logistics for perishable goods from its office in Hayes, Middlesex.
Europa Worldwide Group is a UK freight and logistics company that provides ocean freight, air freight, customs clearance and project cargo forwarding from its head office in Dartford, Kent.
Cool Cargo UK is a Hounslow-based freight forwarder that provides temperature-controlled air freight and reefer sea freight for perishable and pharmaceutical goods.
Gateway Cargo is a Kent-based freight forwarder that provides ocean freight, air freight and customs clearance services from its head office in Strood, with an additional customs office at the port of London Gateway.
Hemisphere Freight Services is a UK freight forwarder with a branch at Skelmersdale near the Port of Liverpool, offering ocean, air, road and project freight forwarding, customs clearance, and handling of reefer cargo.
AIT Worldwide Logistics is a freight forwarder headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, offering ocean freight, air freight, and customs clearance services alongside a dedicated cold chain logistics service for temperature-controlled shipments, including produce.
A freight forwarder and licensed customs broker based in Tema with over 25 years in the industry, handling sea, air and land freight, customs clearance and documentation, and container haulage for import and export cargo moving through Tema Port and Kotoka Airport.
A regional freight forwarder headquartered in Tema handling ocean freight (FCL, LCL, breakbulk), air freight including gold and temperature controlled shipments, road freight, licensed customs brokerage and project or oversized cargo across Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso.
An integrated freight and logistics provider operating since 2006 from Tema, offering ocean freight (FCL and LCL), air freight, road transport, customs clearance and pre-clearance support, warehousing, and door to door delivery for importers and exporters.
Customs brokers
Customs brokers in GhanaLivingston International is a customs broker offering customs clearance, trade consulting, and freight forwarding. It operates from around 100 networked offices across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Descartes Systems Group provides customs and regulatory compliance solutions, including customs declarations, security filings, Harmonized System classification, denied party screening, and export compliance. It serves customers across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
A logistics operator headquartered in Accra offering customs brokerage, freight forwarding, warehousing and project cargo handling, with licensed clearance operations at the Tema, Takoradi and Kotoka Airport entry points.
Export agents
Export agents in GhanaDarling Group grows, packs and exports fresh produce, connecting growers with global buyers through subsidiaries covering citrus, avocados and distribution across Australasia. Its produce includes avocados, citrus, blueberries, kiwifruit and mangoes.
Matipou Exports markets and exports New Zealand apples, combining fruit from its own packhouse with supply from other growers and packers. It handles Royal Gala, Premium Gala and NZ Queen varieties for export and domestic distribution.
T&G Global grows, markets and exports fresh produce, working with growers and distributors to sell in more than 60 countries. It is a major apple exporter with premium brands including Envy and Jazz, alongside kiwifruit and vegetables.
Freshmax is a full-service produce marketer that sources, imports and exports fresh produce around the Pacific Rim, supplying customers on six continents. It handles apples, pears, avocados, bananas, berries, cherries, citrus, table grapes and durian, and develops proprietary varieties.
Eco-Fruits is a Hanoi-based tropical fruit exporter that sources from Vietnamese growers and its own farms, then exports to wholesalers in around 60 markets. It handles banana, durian, coconut, mango, dragon fruit and avocado, plus processed fruit, nuts and spices.
Salix Fruits is a global fruit import and export company working with more than 80 producers across 18 countries and serving around 400 customers in 57 countries. It trades apples, citrus, pears, grapes and other fruit, and provides logistics and documentation support.
Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) Ltd is a Scottish shellfish processor that harvests, processes and distributes scallops, langoustine, crab and whelk from its Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire facility to customers worldwide.
Associated Seafoods Limited is the Scottish parent company of Lossie Seafoods and Moray Seafoods, processing smoked salmon and shellfish at sites in Buckie and Arbroath for customers around the world.
Ghanaian agricultural producer and exporter that grows fresh pineapples (MD2, Smooth Cayenne, Sugar Loaf) and mangoes across multiple farm estates and processes them into export-grade dried fruit at its Dobro facility, supplying both domestic and international buyer markets.
Licensed cocoa buying company that purchases fermented and dried cocoa beans from farmers across six of Ghana's cocoa-growing regions and evacuates them to the Cocoa Marketing Company for export, handling roughly 50,000 metric tons annually.
Licensed cocoa buying company operating under Cargill in Ghana that purchases beans from thousands of farmers through a traceable digital buying network and supplies Cargill's Tema cocoa processing plant, which grinds and exports cocoa products to global food and confectionery customers.
COFCO International is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and serves as the overseas agriculture trading arm of COFCO Corporation, buying, processing and distributing grains, oilseeds, sugar, coffee and cotton through warehouses, port terminals and processing plants in more than 30 countries.
Alvean is a sugar trading company with its Geneva trading hub at Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 4, Grand-Lancy, Switzerland, specializing in origination, commercialization and trading of raw and white sugar for bulk and bagged shipment by container and vessel, with staff across nine countries.
Sucafina SA is a coffee merchant headquartered at Place de Saint-Gervais 1 in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 1977, sourcing green coffee from origin countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia and supplying roasters worldwide through washing stations and farmer certification programs.
ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. Limited is headquartered in Pully, Switzerland and operates as a soft commodity trading group in coffee, cocoa and cotton, sourcing from more than 40 producing countries and running a dedicated risk management unit, ECOM Risk Management, for hedging and client risk advisory.
Inspection and certification
Inspection and certification bodies in GhanaSGS is a global testing, inspection and certification company with a dedicated fresh produce service group. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. certification, pesticide residue and laboratory testing, and agricultural commodity inspection through a worldwide laboratory network.
Bureau Veritas is a global testing, inspection and certification group whose food and agriculture division covers GLOBALG.A.P. and food safety certification. Its BVAQ agri-food laboratories in Southeast Asia perform pesticide residue and contaminant testing on fruits and vegetables for export markets.
Intertek is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body operating in over 100 countries. Its fruit and vegetable services include microbiological, residue and contaminant testing plus organic food testing for fresh produce supply chains.
Control Union is a Netherlands-based certification and inspection group present in over 80 countries. It offers GLOBALG.A.P. and organic certification, commodity inspection, laboratory testing, and fumigation services across agricultural supply chains.
Eurofins Scientific operates a network of laboratories across 60-plus countries and is a leader in pesticide residue testing. Its food and feed laboratories test fruits and vegetables against maximum residue levels for export markets such as the EU, US and Japan.
Mérieux NutriSciences runs a global network of ISO 17025 accredited food laboratories. It provides multi-residue pesticide testing and other food safety analyses on fruits, vegetables and other matrices for regulatory compliance.
NSF is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body for agriculture and aquaculture producers. It runs an extensive global food safety audit network and offers farm certification schemes including GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody.
Ecocert is a France-based certification body operating in more than 130 countries, best known for organic agriculture certification. It also certifies producers to the GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance standard.
TÜV Rheinland is a Germany-based testing and certification group operating in over 70 countries. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody certification for fruit, vegetable and crop producers.
TÜV SÜD PSB operates ISO 17025 accredited food testing laboratories in Singapore recognized by the Singapore Food Agency. It offers chemical, pesticide residue and microbiological analysis for food and agricultural products.
The Ghana affiliate of the global testing, inspection and certification group, operating offices and laboratories in Accra, Tema and Takoradi that provide preshipment inspection, verification and laboratory testing services to exporters and importers.
Ghana office of the international testing, inspection and certification group, appointed alongside Intertek as an official conformity verification partner for the Ghana Standards Authority EasyPass import compliance program.
Ghana office of the international testing and inspection group, appointed alongside Bureau Veritas as an official conformity assessment provider under the Ghana Standards Authority EasyPass program, issuing certificates of conformity used for customs clearance.
A COCOBOD subsidiary that inspects, grades and seals cocoa, coffee and sheanut for export, operating ISO 17020 and ISO 17025 accredited inspection and laboratory services across cocoa growing districts before shipment.
Fumigation and treatment
Fumigation and treatment providers in GhanaCOCOBOD subsidiary responsible for inspection, grading and sealing of cocoa, coffee and sheanut, including fumigation and disinfestation of produce and storage sheds across Ghana's cocoa growing districts before export.
Ghana based pest management company providing stock fumigation of bagged grains in warehouses and bulk grain in silos or ship holds using phosphine gas, alongside marine and shipboard fumigation services.
Local office of the international pest control group offering fumigation services for commercial and agricultural warehousing facilities, targeting stored product pests in trade and export related storage operations.
Distributors
Distributors in GhanaGhana-based full-service food and non-food distributor operating since 1985 that imports and distributes over 40 international specialty brands, carrying roughly 2,500 SKUs, and supplies retail, wholesale, and foodservice customers across Accra, Takoradi, and Cape Coast.
Tema-based importer and distributor of frozen meat, fish, and poultry that supplies wholesale customers such as restaurants, supermarkets, and caterers as well as retail buyers, with cold storage facilities and nationwide delivery to Accra, Kumasi, and other cities.
Packaging suppliers
Packaging suppliers in GhanaThailand-headquartered multinational packaging company producing corrugated and paper packaging, foodservice packaging, and fresh-produce solutions, including modified-atmosphere OptiBreath films used to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.
India's largest flexible packaging materials company, headquartered in Noida. Manufactures BOPP, BOPET and CPP packaging films (including metallized and barrier grades) used for food, beverage, pharma and industrial packaging, with manufacturing plants across four continents.
Amcor is a global packaging company that produces flexible and barrier films, folding cartons, and specialty packaging for food, beverage, healthcare, and consumer goods, including fresh-produce, meat, and dairy applications.
Huhtamaki is a global food-packaging manufacturer producing moulded-fibre trays and punnets, flexible films, paperboard, and foodservice packaging, including packaging used for fresh produce and food-on-the-shelf.
Smurfit Westrock is a global paper-based packaging company producing corrugated boxes, fresh-produce trays and boxes, folding cartons, containerboard, and bag-in-box systems.
Corrugated box and folding carton manufacturer based in Accra, producing 3-ply single wall and 5-ply double wall corrugated packaging for food, beverage and agricultural exporters, with bonded warehouse and ground transport services.
Kraft Division of Polytanks Ghana manufactures 3-ply and 5-ply printed and plain corrugated carton packaging for local and regional markets, supplying multinational clients such as Unilever, Guinness, Voltic and Nestle, and holds FSSC 22000 food safety certification.
Waste and recycling services
Waste and recycling services in GhanaAustralia/New Zealand arm of the global Veolia environmental services group, providing food organics and garden organics (FOGO) collection and processing. It uses in-vessel composting and forced-aeration to make compost and soil conditioners, and runs anaerobic digestion converting commercial food waste to electricity.
Australian subsidiary of the global REMONDIS Group providing commercial food organics collection and processing. It uses sealed tunnel composting to turn food and garden waste into compost, mulch and fertiliser for parks, agriculture and gardens.
West Africa's first integrated municipal solid waste sorting and composting facility, processing 600 metric tons of waste per day at Kotoku near Accra to produce organic compost fertilizer and recover recyclable plastics, paper and cardboard.
Digital-platform plastic waste recycler in Accra that arranges collection of plastic, paper and beverage-can waste from households and businesses via a mobile app, processes it into recycled materials, and employs waste pickers in its supply chain.
Waste management company in Accra providing GPS-tracked residential, commercial and industrial waste collection under municipal partnerships, incentive-based source segregation of organics, paper and plastics, and compost products such as JV CompSoil made from food waste.