Leading cold chain logistics companies in Singapore

The companies

1. Chiang Huat Transport

   A customs-led Singapore logistics firm with a dedicated customs-brokerage arm registered with Singapore Customs: import GST, export and transhipment permits, Certificate of Origin and Strategic (controlled) goods declarations, with staff stationed at Keppel and Changi; serves FMCG, pharma, precious metals and oil-and-gas, alongside freight forwarding, warehousing and cold storage.

2. Commonwealth Kokubu Logistics (CKL)

   A Singapore-HQ food cold-chain 3PL/4PL (a Commonwealth Capital and Kokubu joint venture, with MOL taking a stake), described as Singapore's largest food cold-chain logistics company; its Jalan Besut facility spans over 500,000 sq ft of ambient, chilled and frozen space with up to 90,000 pallet capacity, including a 45-metre ASRS. Food only, no pharma.

3. DHL (Singapore)

   The Singapore operations of DHL Group (Germany), spanning DHL Global Forwarding (air and sea forwarding and customs brokerage from a regional hub) and DHL Supply Chain (the world's leading contract-logistics provider), which runs the Advanced Regional Centre at 1 Greenwich Drive and a Life Sciences & Healthcare pharma hub near Tuas Biomedical Park with GMP/GDP-compliant ambient and 2-8 degrees C cold rooms.

4. Jurong Cold Store

   A Singapore food cold-store operator running a 35-metre automated high-bay deep-freeze holding 11,000 pallets at -22 degrees C, automated with Swisslog cranes and adopting Singapore Standard SS 668 for cold-chain management. Food and frozen focus.

5. Kuehne+Nagel

   The world's largest sea-freight forwarder, with a large Singapore operation and a 46,000 sqm Logistics Hub (over 40% temperature-controlled, with 2-8 degrees C and 15-25 degrees C zones, vault storage and reefer bays; Green Mark Platinum / LEED Gold), delivering forwarding, contract logistics and cold-chain warehousing, and self-performing customs.

6. SATS Ltd (SATS Food Solutions / Country Foods)

   An SGX-listed food-solutions group running large-scale contract manufacturing of frozen and chilled ready meals, marinated proteins and heat-and-serve products for airlines, retail chains and foodservice from Singapore facilities. Its Country Foods arm supplies private-label ready-to-eat lines to supermarkets and institutional buyers.

7. Yang Kee Logistics

   A homegrown Singapore-HQ integrated group with international air and sea freight forwarding, warehousing (including dangerous-goods and temperature-controlled cold storage), trucking, distribution and contract logistics across a multi-country network, with self-performed customs.

8. YCH Group

   Singapore's flagship homegrown supply-chain champion, running its entire Asia-Pacific network from the purpose-built Supply Chain City at Bulim Avenue, with specialised Singapore nodes (YCH ChemPark for chemicals, YCH DistriCentre), multi-temperature cold-chain warehousing and a control-tower 3PL/4PL model on proprietary WMS technology. Serves electronics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and FMCG, and provides international freight forwarding across the region.

9. Zuellig Pharma

   A Singapore-headquartered healthcare-distribution group and the region's dominant pharma cold-chain distributor, running GDP-compliant temperature-controlled (2-8 degrees C and frozen) storage and delivery for medicines and vaccines, with capacity expanded ahead of COVID-19 vaccine distribution, plus warehousing and healthcare contract-logistics services across the region.