Damco lands sweet Barry Callebaut account

Damco has been selected as logistics provider to Barry Callebaut, one of Ghana’s leading cocoa producers.

Barry Callebaut exports 2,500 TEUs of products a year to their main markets in Europe, the US and Asia. Under the agreement, Damco will provide trucking, customs clearance and airfreight services.

With the landing of Barry Callebaut, Damco now manages the logistics services for three of the top four cocoa processing companies in Ghana.

“We first started working with Barry Callebaut in 2007, and it is great to have brought them back to Damco,” said Frank Eshun, managing director of Damco Ghana of Barry Callebaut.

“They are a perfect match for us in Ghana, supporting all the core services we provide – imports, exports, airfreight, trucking, and ocean freight.”

As a team, Damco will commit to service delivery and focus on helping Barry Callebaut reduce their operating costs, assisting them to achieve their strategic goals.
(Source:www.cargonewsasia.com)