Packaging & Shipping
Packaging that keeps cocoa beans dry and sound for weeks at sea, and shipping that gets them to your port on schedule — from Lagos to Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Choose the Format That Fits Your Receiving Facility
Bagged for conventional warehouses, or bulk for grinders with pneumatic or tipping discharge — we pack to suit the destination.
New Jute Bags
The international standard for cocoa: new, clean, food-grade jute sacks with hydrocarbon-free batching oil, 62.5 kg or 64 kg net, machine-stitched and stencilled with your marks.
Bulk in Flexi-Liner
Loose beans loaded into a food-grade liner fitted inside a 20' container — higher payload per box and lower handling cost for grinders equipped to receive bulk.
Kraft Lining & Desiccant
Every bagged container is lined with kraft paper on walls and roof and fitted with desiccant to absorb condensation during the voyage.
Lot Marking
Bags stencilled with grade, lot number, origin and your contract marks — essential for traceable shipments and letter-of-credit compliance.
Why Jute, and Why New
Jute breathes, which lets residual moisture escape rather than condensing against the beans, and it is strong enough to survive multiple handlings. We use only new bags: second-hand sacks can carry odours, pests and mineral-oil contamination that end up in the cocoa and fail destination food-safety checks.
- New food-grade jute, hydrocarbon-free (low-mineral-oil) batching
- Net weight 62.5 kg or 64 kg as contracted, check-weighed at bagging
- Machine stitching with clean closure, no loose fibres
- Stencilled marks: origin, grade, lot, contract reference
How Much Cocoa Fits in a Container?
Indicative loading guidance below — exact bag counts and tonnage are confirmed on the pro-forma invoice for each order.
| Container | Packaging | Indicative net weight | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20' GP | Jute bags, 62.5–64 kg, loose stowed | Approx. 12.5 – 16 tonnes (200 – 250 bags) | Most common unit for first orders and LC contracts |
| 40' HC | Jute bags, loose stowed | Approx. 25 tonnes | Lower freight cost per tonne; check destination road weight limits |
| 20' GP | Bulk in flexi-liner | Approx. 18 – 20 tonnes | Requires bulk discharge facility at destination |
| 40' HC | Palletised bags | Lower than loose stowage | Pallet footprint reduces usable volume |
Loading plans account for destination road weight limits and verified gross mass (VGM) requirements. Ask us for a loading estimate for your specific packing and port.
From Lagos to Your Port
We load at Apapa and Tin Can Island in Lagos, with access to Lekki Deep Sea Port, and can arrange shipment via Calabar or Onne for Cross River origin where services allow. Through our freight-forwarding partners we book space with the major container lines serving West Africa, arrange haulage and customs clearance, and supervise stuffing and sealing.
Quote FOB Lagos if you prefer to use your own forwarder, or CFR/CIF if you would like us to deliver to your discharge port. For CIF shipments, marine cargo insurance is arranged for your benefit.
Northern Europe
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Felixstowe — typically 2–4 weeks transit
Mediterranean & Turkey
Barcelona, Valencia, Genoa, Istanbul, Mersin — typically 2–4 weeks
Asia
Port Klang, Tanjung Pelepas, Jakarta, Nhava Sheva, Shanghai — typically 4–7 weeks
Americas
New York, Philadelphia, Houston, Montreal — typically 3–5 weeks
Transit times are indicative, vary by carrier and routing, and exclude time at origin for grading and documentation.
Trade Terms We Work With
FOB Lagos
We deliver the loaded, cleared container on board at Lagos. You arrange ocean freight and insurance with your forwarder. Our standard basis.
CFR
We pay ocean freight to your named port. Risk passes on board at Lagos; you arrange insurance.
CIF
As CFR, plus marine cargo insurance arranged by us for your benefit to the destination port.
FCA / EXW
For buyers whose nominated forwarder takes control at our warehouse or at the Lagos terminal.
Request a Packing & Freight Quotation
Tell us your preferred packing, tonnage and destination port and we will quote FOB Lagos and CIF side by side.