The McDan Group of Companies is a Ghanaian transportation and logistics company with operations in

freight forwarding A freight forwarder, or forwarding agent, is a person or company who, for a fee organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final point of distribution.

for land transports, sea freight,

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and contract

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. The headquarters of the company is in

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. It has presence in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Equatorial Guinea.

History

The McDan Group of Companies was founded by Ghanaian business magnate

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in 1999. It has three divisions; McDan Shipping Company, McDan Aviation, and McDan Logistics. Today the company specializes in domestic maritime services, warehousing (bonded and non-bonded), diplomatic movements, removal services (household and corporate), courier services, hauling, project cargo movement, ground handling, heavy duty movement, cross boarder transportation, aviation cargo experts and chartered flights. The shipping unit of the company is the first and only Freight Forwarding Company to obtain the Air Carrier Licence in handling chartered cargo flights in Ghana and currently has the GSA for Global Aviation in West Africa. In 2019, McDan acquired a license to operate a private jet section at the Kotoka International Airport.

The McDan Foundation

The McDan Foundation is a charitable foundation of The McDan Group of Companies.

Awards

* Brand of the Year Award, Ghana Shippers Awards 2019 * Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility, Ghana Shippers Awards 2019 * 2015 Best Automotive and Transportation Company of the year, Association of Ghana Industries (AGI). * Freight Forwarder of the Year, National Aviation Awards 2017

Controversy

GACL in a letter dated January 28, 2022, directed McDan Aviation to suspend the commissioning ceremony following some alleged breaches. The Ghana Airport Company, in the letter to McDan, said it had “engaged in several activities without prior approval from GACL which have typically called for emergency corrective actions.”

References

External links

McDan Shipping Official Website

Article on McDan Group

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