Our bananas

Where are they from?

Our bananas are grown on 5 sites covering 380 hectares in total.
The farms are all irrigated with water from the volta river, south of the lake Volta.  Production and harvest takes place year round.

  • Country of origin:
    Ghana
  • Variety:
    Cavendish banana
  • Season:
    Year round
  • Certification:
    Fairtrade, Globalgap, SMETA (UK)
  • Packaging:
    Loose, in clusterbags in 18.14kg cardboard boxes.
    We also pack 5 and 7 finger clusterbags in 13kg boxes. 
  • Minimum weight:
    18,14kg 17kg en 13kg. Other weights are possible.
  • Pallet:
    – 48 or 54 cartons of 18,14kg
    – 60 or 66 cartons of 13kg
    – other packaging : banderol, bags, private label etc.
  • Arrivals:
    weekly
  • Loading:
    Different ports of destination. Portsmouth, Port Vendres and Antwerp are mainports, but we work with many other ports. Also transit to any country is possible.
  • Shipment:
    Weekly departures from the Tema harbour in Ghana. Shipment is in 40
    feet High-cube reefer containers which are Controlled Atmosphere (CA)
    capable. Each reefer container loads 20 pallets.