From shipping to trading – NDL

Welcome to the webpage of ” Norddeutscher Lloyd – Trading House Ltd. ” Accra, Ghana.

The trading house under German management continues the long-lasting tradition of the former shipping company with a new concept. The connection between tradition and innovation is the basis of the philosophy of the company that works with a modern, innovative trading concept in traditional markets.

In this way  Norddeutscher Lloyd joins th rank of the trading houses that combine quality and reliability, and establishes new links on a continent that had been one of the  most profitable in history.

The former shipping company became a powerful, modern trade-center in the heart of West-Africa where the markets of the future with high growth rates are situated.

Generally trade with West Africa is  still time consuming and expensive compared in particular to the situation in developed countries. To put the West Africa transport and logistics (T&L) costs and transit times in perspective Norddeutsche Lloyd improves at the door-to-door transport cost for containers between Tema and Takoradi port to Europe. Norddeutsche Lloyd minimizes the extent to which transport and logistics in West Africa are handicapped by high costs, long transit times, uncertainty in costs and transit times and corruption and reduces the cost of goods and services by direct intervention.

Ports in West Africa that are utilized by Norddeutscher Lloyd and area of activities