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Ghana, agro logistics
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Locations:Ghana
Start Date:Jan 1, 2005
End Date:Dec 31, 2011
Sectors: Agriculture, Logistics
Description
Development and realization of agro logistic centres to support the export of horticultural products from Ghana to Europe by creating cooling facilities from harvesting to supermarket.
It is a long-term project and includes the development of:
- a distribution centre (DC) in the port of Tema
- a perishable cargo centre (PCC) at the airport of Accra
- conditioned sorting & packing facilities at the production locations (FPH = Field Pack House).
The facilities are organized for fruit, vegetables and ornamentals.
In 2005 the distribution centre was built in Tema.
In 2010-2012 the PCC in Accra was built.
Between 2006 and present various FPH's are built.
VEK was responsible for supervision until commissioning, including planning, design, engineering, tendering & contracting. Partner Adviesburo Verhoef was responsible for the cooling installations.