Not many people know that the Port of Amsterdam is the world's largest port for importing cocoa beans.

All facilities are available at the port of Amsterdam, from transshipment to production facilities. Major players in the cocoa industry, such as Cargill, OLAM and Dutch Cocoa, have established themselves in the Amsterdam port area. Companies that process and store cocoa include Commodity Centre, CWT Commodities, Katoen Natie, Vollers, Steinweg-Handelsveem, HD Cotterell, ACS and DSV.

The port of Amsterdam has excellent hinterland connections for transporting cocoa. Think water, rail, road and air. The Amsterdam port area also offers excellent facilities for inland shipping. Many cocoa terminals have a direct connection to regular inland shuttles to other countries in Europe.

During our Cocoa Cruise you will learn all about the role that cocoa played and still plays in the history of the port. Half a million to 600,000 tons of cocoa are stored in the Amsterdam port every year. Amsterdam is home to about a third of the world's total cocoa supply. Consequently, the whole world stores in Amsterdam for cocoa powder, butter and cocoa mass.

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During the cruise, it is possible to disembark at the world's most sustainable chocolate factory. Chocolatemakers. During an exclusive tour of the factory they will show you how real chocolate is made, from bean to bar. In the factory at the port of Amsterdam, they do everything themselves. They are the only Dutch chocolate company that controls every link in the chain. This allows them to keep it as sustainable as possible. Every year, the sailing ship the Tres Hombres brings the new harvest of organic and fair trade cocoa from the Dominican Republic. This ship sails completely emission-free: it has no engine, the entire trip is sailed solely on wind! An average of 143 bags of Trinitario cacao weighing 70 kg are ferried per trip, i.e. 10,000 kg.

Chocolatemakers buys high quality organic cocoa directly from farmers in Congo, Peru and the Dominican Republic. They do this for a good & fair price.

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