Logistics providers in Brazil
Providers serving Brazil. An independent listing for packers, growers and traders.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
KLN 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.
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.
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.
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.
Arfrio has operated refrigerated and frozen product warehousing in Brazil for more than 70 years, running 13 units nationwide including facilities in Santos and Itajai, with 24-hour cold storage operations, order picking and SAP-based traceability for domestic and export food logistics.
Fruit export and logistics operator based in Petrolina, Pernambuco, in the Sao Francisco valley fruit corridor, a member of the ABRAFRUTAS fruit exporters association, running packing and export logistics for Tahiti lime, mango, grape, ginger and Hass avocado under IFS Food, Rainforest Alliance, HACCP and Fairtrade certifications.
Customs brokerage founded in 1991 and headquartered in Itajai, Santa Catarina, handling import and export clearance nationally from Brazil's second largest port complex.
Brasil Cold Storage runs refrigerated and dry warehousing, picking, cross-docking and container terminal operations in the Baixada Santista region around the Port of Santos, providing export qualification services and nationwide refrigerated transport for food cargo.
Refrigerated logistics operator founded in 1998 and headquartered in Paranagua, Parana, running an owned refrigerated fleet plus contracted carriers across Brazil's South and Southeast regions, moving up to 30,000 tons per month with about 12,000 tons of combined cold storage capacity near the port of Paranagua.
Regional freight carrier headquartered in Chapeco, Santa Catarina, operating 4 service hubs and 12 service units with more than 65 vehicles and 130 employees, covering all of Santa Catarina and Parana plus greater Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, Erechim and Caxias do Sul for fractional and full truckload cargo including chemicals, machinery and equipment.
Founded in 1996, Comfrio is one of the largest cold chain logistics operators in Brazil, operating multi-temperature distribution centers nationwide including a Triangulo Mineiro hub in Uberlandia with about 32,000 cubic meters of storage, and offering freezing, cold recovery and physical distribution services for food clients.
Third party logistics operator headquartered in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, holding an official Armazem Geral general warehouse registration under Decree 1.102 of 1903, with more than 20 years in business providing storage, cross docking, order fulfillment and WMS managed inventory operations.
Joanini Transporte e Logistica, based in Itatiba, Sao Paulo state, runs a refrigerated fleet fitted with Thermo King SLXi 400 units and multi-sensor temperature monitoring, offering nationwide dedicated and less-than-truckload transport, palletizing and labeling for perishable food, dairy and pharmaceutical cargo.
JSL, headquartered in Sao Paulo and founded in 1964, is Brazil's largest road logistics group, running a fleet of about 26,000 vehicles and offering cargo transportation, warehousing and urban distribution alongside commodity logistics serving agribusiness clients, projecting over 105 million tonnes moved in 2025.
Kanejo Logistica operates five refrigerated logistics units in southeastern Brazil, including bases in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, providing door-to-door refrigerated and frozen cargo transport, cold storage chambers, warehousing and cross-docking with real-time temperature monitoring.
Movecta, the rebranded successor to Localfrio which operated for over 70 years, runs the only cold storage customs terminal at the Port of Santos with 82,500 square meters of bonded warehouse area and 5 cold chambers, plus integrated logistics and foreign trade services at Santos, Itajai and Suape.
Portuguese logistics and freight forwarding group headquartered in Maia near Porto, offering customs brokerage, temperature-controlled pharmaceutical distribution, warehousing and international air and sea freight, with a branch office in Faro and its own network across Africa and Latin America.
Road freight carrier headquartered in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, hauling sugar, cotton, soybeans, corn, bran, fertilizers, iron ore and limestone along Centre-West corridors that feed Brazil's export ports.
Founded in 1999, Rodoviario Teixeira Logistica has 25 years of experience transporting refrigerated and frozen cargo nationwide from its Recife, Pernambuco base, offering cross-docking, dedicated distribution and palletizing with a maintained multi-class refrigerated fleet.
Bulk cargo port operator headquartered in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, running grain and fertilizer terminals at the port of Rio Grande with roughly 320,000 tons of combined static storage across two industrial units, a 200,000 ton facility at Imbituba and about 120,000 tons in Porto Alegre, loading and unloading agricultural grains, fertilizers, timber logs and wood pellets.
SuperFrio operates 40 temperature-controlled logistics units across Brazil with a fleet of about 500 trucks, offering refrigerated transport, multi-temperature warehousing, fractional distribution and cross-docking for the food sector, headquartered in Ribeirao Preto and Barueri, Sao Paulo state.
Taff Brasil has more than 20 years of experience in cold chain food logistics, running 18 operational bases and six distribution centers across Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other states, offering dedicated and fractional refrigerated transport, warehousing and cross-docking with real-time temperature monitoring under ANVISA rules.
River and road cargo operator headquartered in Manaus with operational bases in Belem, Porto Velho, Santarem and Macapa, running single and double hull barges with pusher tugs plus truck mounted cranes to move general freight, vehicles, soybeans, corn, sugar, minerals and oversized machinery along the Solimoes-Amazonas waterway.
Road freight carrier with over 20 years in the market, headquartered in Guaramirim, Santa Catarina, operating directly at the port of Navegantes with a branch office in Itajai handling T1 tariff cargo on 24 hour delivery windows, moving frozen meat and wood export shipments through the Portonave terminal.
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Common questions
How do I choose a reliable logistics and 3PL provider in Brazil?
Start by confirming what the provider actually covers end to end: haulage, customs brokerage, warehousing, and last-mile delivery are often separate specialisms even within Brazil. Ask for their experience with your specific goods category and the routes you need, rather than relying on a general company profile, and check how they handle communication once a shipment is booked.
What should I check before signing with a logistics and 3PL provider in Brazil?
Verify their licensing and customs credentials directly rather than taking a website claim at face value, and confirm their actual operating radius within Brazil since national coverage is sometimes broader on paper than in practice. Clarify storage types available, since ambient, dry, and temperature-controlled space are not interchangeable and not every provider offers all three.
Do logistics and 3PL providers in Brazil handle both storage and transport?
Some do, but scope varies considerably, and it is common in Brazil for warehousing and transport to be handled by separate specialists rather than one integrated operator. Ask a provider directly which legs of the move they perform themselves versus subcontract, since that affects both pricing and where responsibility sits if something is delayed.
How do I check whether a provider listed for Brazil is actually reliable?
Look for a working address and contact details, and ask for references from businesses that have shipped through Brazil recently rather than relying on a listing alone. Confirm the specific service you need, storage, freight forwarding, or customs handling, since a general logistics listing does not always mean deep capability in the one service that matters to your shipment. A provider willing to explain what happens when something goes wrong is a stronger signal than any credential.
Should I use a local provider in Brazil or an international one with a presence there?
It depends on what matters more for your shipment. A local provider in Brazil usually has deeper knowledge of ground conditions, relationships, and paperwork specific to that market, while an international provider offers a single point of contact and consistent processes if your goods also move through other countries. Many exporters combine the two: a local provider for physical handling in Brazil, and a wider forwarder to manage the rest of the route.
What should I ask a provider in Brazil before committing to work with them?
Ask what happens to your goods at each handover point, who is responsible if something is delayed or damaged, and what documentation they produce and when. Ask for a quote that breaks out individual charges rather than one bundled figure, so you can see what you are paying for at each stage. It is also worth asking directly how they have handled a shipment that ran into difficulty in Brazil, since that answer tells you more than a general pitch.
Sourcing logistics and 3PL across the Americas
Logistics and 3PL provision across the Americas spans enormous variation in road quality, port infrastructure, and customs efficiency, often within a single country. A provider based in a major coastal hub may have little practical reach into interior regions, where road networks are sparser and transit times less predictable, so confirming actual operating radius matters more than a provider's stated national coverage. Cross-border movement, whether between neighbouring countries or as part of a longer continental route, typically involves separate customs regimes and brokerage requirements at each frontier, and providers who are strong on one side of a border are not automatically equipped to handle the other.
Language varies by sub-region, with Spanish, Portuguese, and English each dominant in different markets, and documentation standards are not uniform even where a shared language exists. Warehousing options include both ambient and dry storage as well as temperature-controlled facilities, with availability concentrated near major population and production centres rather than spread evenly across a country. Rural and agricultural export zones in particular can be a considerable distance from the nearest bonded or licensed storage, which affects how a supply chain is structured from the point of production onward.
Seasonal weather, from hurricane exposure on some coasts to heavy rain affecting inland roads elsewhere, is a recurring planning factor rather than an occasional disruption, and providers with local experience will usually build contingency into their scheduling as a matter of course. Verifying whether a provider handles customs brokerage directly or subcontracts it is a useful early question, since responsibility and liability can otherwise become unclear if a shipment is delayed at the border.
Sourcing export services in Brazil
Brazil is one of the world's major producing and exporting markets for food and agricultural goods, spanning grains and oilseeds, sugar, coffee, meat and poultry, fruit and increasingly processed products. The scale of the country shapes almost everything about how the services around it work. A shipment can originate a long way inland, on a farm or at a processing plant hundreds or thousands of kilometres from the coast, and the first real decision an exporter faces is how that cargo gets to a port at all. Road haulage remains the backbone of inland movement for most regions, though rail and river routes carry a meaningful share for bulk grain in parts of the country, and the choice between them affects cost, timing and the condition goods arrive in.
Because the country has several major export gateways rather than one dominant hub, and they sit on different coasts and serve different hinterlands, geography does a lot of the work in deciding which provider makes sense. A soy exporter moving cargo through a southern port is often working with a different set of hauliers, warehouses and forwarders than a fruit exporter working through a northeastern one, and providers tend to specialise around the regions and commodities they know rather than covering the whole country evenly. Anyone new to sourcing here should expect to choose a provider partly on geographic fit: where their operation, network and local relationships actually sit, not just what services they list.
Export documentation and customs clearance in Brazil involve a distinct set of registrations, licences and commodity-specific certificates, and phytosanitary and sanitary requirements are a routine part of moving food and agricultural products rather than an exception. This makes customs brokers and freight forwarders with direct experience in agricultural exports particularly valuable: the paperwork differs meaningfully between, say, fresh produce, packaged food and raw commodities, and a provider used to one may not be fluent in another. Storage and handling providers matter for similar reasons. Some commodities need ambient, dry conditions and careful moisture control, others need temperature control, and the right facility depends on what is actually being moved and for how long it will sit before onward transport.
For someone entering the Brazilian market for the first time, the practical starting point is to be clear about the commodity, the origin region and the intended export gateway before approaching providers, since all three narrow the field considerably. Lead times can be longer than in more compact markets simply because of the distances involved, and building in realistic time for inland transport is often more important than optimising the ocean or air leg. Providers who can speak plainly about regional infrastructure, seasonal transport pressures around harvest periods, and the specific export requirements for a given commodity tend to be the ones worth building a longer-term relationship with, rather than those offering the broadest generic coverage.
Comparing logistics providers in Brazil
Fernable lists a wide range of logistics and 3PL providers in Brazil, which turns the task from finding someone into choosing well. The first useful move is to separate providers by what they actually do rather than by how they describe themselves. Two providers can both call themselves full-service and mean very different things: one might run its own fleet and warehousing, another might broker most of the physical work to subcontractors while managing the paperwork and customer relationship. Neither model is wrong, but they carry different risk and different visibility once your goods are in transit. Ask directly what is owned and operated versus subcontracted, and treat vague answers as information in themselves.
Once you know how a provider actually operates, the differences worth weighing are mostly about fit rather than scale. Look at the specific lanes, modes, and cargo types a provider handles routinely in and around Brazil, since routine experience with a corridor tends to matter more than the size of a provider's overall network. Check what kind of storage sits behind their logistics offer, ambient and dry space as much as anything requiring temperature control, since a provider strong on one and thin on the other may still be the wrong fit for a mixed shipment. Look at how they handle customs and documentation locally: whether they file directly, who they work with, and how they communicate delays. Certifications and accreditations relevant to your goods are worth checking, but treat a long list of logos with some scepticism unless you can see what each one actually covers. Track record on your kind of cargo counts for more than general reputation.
What tends not to matter, despite how often it is presented as a differentiator, is marketing polish: a slicker website or a longer service list does not on its own indicate better execution. Nor does simply being the largest name in Brazil guarantee the best fit for a particular shipment. To compare without drowning in options, narrow the field early using hard constraints, the specific lane, cargo type, and storage need, before comparing anything else. Shortlist a small number of providers that clear those constraints, then ask each the same handful of concrete questions: how they handle exceptions, who you would actually speak to during a delay, and what visibility you get once goods are moving. Consistent, specific answers across a short shortlist tell you more than an exhaustive survey of every provider Fernable lists for Brazil. Treat the comparison as a filtering exercise, not an audit, and stop once you have two or three providers who answer the questions that matter to your shipment.