Food and agricultural supply-chain services in Sri Lanka
Every service serving Sri Lanka in one place: cold and ambient storage, freight, logistics, customs, inspection, treatment and distribution.
Sri Lanka marketStorage providers
Cold and ambient storage providers in Sri LankaSri Lankan cold store operator providing frozen and chilled storage and cold room facilities for food products and other goods, alongside wholesale and import services. It operates in Colombo and Wattala.
Sri Lanka based transport and logistics group offering temperature-controlled storage and refrigerated transport for perishable and sensitive cargo. It operates across South and Southeast Asia including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Singapore.
Operates 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.
Logistics providers
Logistics providers in Sri LankaKLN 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.
Aitken Spence Shipping Ltd, part of the diversified Aitken Spence group, is listed in Sri Lanka's official Exporters Directory under logistics services, providing warehousing, 3PL and 4PL supply chain management and container handling from Colombo.
Ceylon Shipping Corporation Ltd is Sri Lanka's state-owned shipping line, listed in the country's official Exporters Directory for cargo transportation, logistics and ship agency services out of Colombo.
DHL Keels (Pvt) Ltd is a Colombo logistics joint venture between DHL and Sri Lanka's Keells group, listed on the country's official Exporters Directory as one of the largest logistics service providers in Sri Lanka.
Admiral Shipping and Logistic Pvt Ltd is a Colombo freight and logistics provider listed on Sri Lanka's official Exporters Directory, offering freight forwarding, customs clearance, sea and air freight and warehousing.
Freight forwarders
Freight forwarders in Sri LankaKuehne+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.
CL Synergy Limited is a Colombo 03 freight forwarder founded in 2004, offering air and sea freight, customs brokerage and 3PL and 4PL logistics for sectors including tea, coconut products, rubber and apparel, with its own fleet of vans and lorries and overseas offices in Bangladesh, the UK, the US, Australia, India and the UAE.
DRH Logistics Lanka (Private) Limited is the Colombo 03 regional headquarters of the DRH Group, marking its 25th anniversary in 2024, offering air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage and warehousing, with affiliated offices across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal and registration with SLFFA, FIATA and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Expolanka Freight (Pvt) Limited is the freight forwarding arm of Expolanka Holdings, a Colombo-headquartered logistics group founded in 1978 and now a subsidiary of Japan's SG Holdings, the parent of Sagawa Express, operating across more than 70 cities in 39 countries.
Kintetsu World Express Lanka (Pvt) Ltd is KWE's Sri Lanka office at No. 28/1 Bullers Lane, Colombo 07, which commenced operations on 14 October 2019 as part of the Japanese forwarder's network of 665 offices across 45 countries and regions.
Kuehne + Nagel (Pvt) Ltd. is the Colombo 03 Sri Lanka office of the global logistics group Kuehne+Nagel, a FIATA individual member offering ocean freight, air freight and contract logistics services.
Scanwell Logistics (Colombo) Pvt Ltd is based at No. 67/1 Hudson Road, Colombo 3, part of the Scanwell Logistics network of more than 60 self-owned offices worldwide with over 40 years of experience in air freight, ocean freight, road transport and warehouse distribution.
MSA Shipping Pvt Ltd is a Colombo 94 shipping and freight agency at 121/1 Stace Road, listed as a FIATA affiliate member handling ocean freight bookings and shipping agency work.
McCallum Cargo (Pvt) Ltd is a Colombo freight forwarder operating since 1998, providing air and ocean freight, international brokerage, domestic transport and third-party logistics from offices in more than 60 countries, serving apparel, automotive, toys and electronics shippers.
Universal Freighters International (Pvt) Ltd is a 100 percent Sri Lankan-owned freight forwarder at No. 63/2 Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 7, FIATA-approved and offering NVOCC, multimodal sea and air freight, customs brokerage and domestic trucking services.
Export agents
Export agents in Sri LankaDarling 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.
Singapore seafood trading firm offering export, brokerage and shipment documentation as a single point of contact for international buyers.
K M Exports is a Negombo seafood export processing plant registered with Sri Lanka's Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and approved by Saudi Arabia's SFDA to chill, freeze, sort and pack wild-caught reef fish including king fish, groupers, emperor and cuttlefish for export.
Isabela Sea Foods Unit-2 is a Negombo-based, DFAR-registered seafood processing and export facility, SFDA-approved to chill, sort and pack wild-caught parrot fish, king fish and emperor for export to Middle East markets.
Aqua N Green Ltd. operates a DFAR-registered seafood export processing plant in Trincomalee, SFDA-approved to chill, sort and pack a wide range of wild-caught reef fish, tuna and grouper species for export.
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 Sri LankaControl 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.
SGS 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.
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.
Distributors
Distributors in Sri LankaNature's Fresh Imports Exports is an importer and distributor of fresh fruits and vegetables based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Its distributed produce includes apples, oranges, pears, grapes and mandarins.
Packaging suppliers
Packaging suppliers in Sri LankaSri Lankan manufacturer of custom-printed corrugated cartons, based in Kelaniya and established in 1997 as part of the Aberdeen Group. Product range includes regular slotted and die-cut cartons, corrugated trays, telescopic cartons, partitions and pallet corners.
Thailand-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.