Amsterdam wins cocoa contract

The new development in Cameroon’s port of Kribi will enhance the flow of exports of raw materials such as cotton, timber and cocoa.

Bolloré Transport & Logistics Côte d’Ivoire has built a new container loading station for cocoa in the port area of San Pedro.

The world’s two biggest cocoa producers have signed a strategic partnership agreement to coordinate their cocoa marketing in order to maximise prices.

Ter Haak Intermodal (THI) and Katoen Natie (KN) have jointly won a new cocoa contract from Cargill with an innovative handling and intermodal package deal, consolidating Amsterdam’s position as Europe’s leading cocoa port.

Cocoa is shipped in many different ways, each posing different demands on the stevedores

The port of San Pedro in Côte d’Ivoire is seeking to boost its cocoa exports by reducing port charges for high bulk exporters. Some of the biggest cocoa companies in the country have agreed to increase the amount of cocoa exported through the port in return for a rebate on port charges of up to 6.5%.