Ship Chandlers & General Supply
General ship chandlers supply everything a vessel routinely needs during a port call from a single order — deck stores and hardware, engine-room consumables, cabin and galley items, cleaning materials, and fresh or dry provisions — coordinated as one delivery to the berth or anchorage rather than sourced separately from specialist suppliers.
Because a chandler carries stock across every department of the ship, masters and superintendents use them for routine resupply, last-minute top-ups, and small emergency orders where speed matters more than category depth. Buyers requesting a single consolidated quote trade some specialisation for convenience and one point of contact; for large or technical items — main engine spares, wire rope, or bulk provisions — buyers often compare the category specialists listed alongside them on price and lead time. It sits within the Ship Chandlers & General Supply category group on PortProcure.
PortProcure lists 750 verified General Ship Chandlers suppliers across 24 ports, including Abidjan, Abu Qir, and Ajman. Send an RFQ to compare quotes from listed suppliers.
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Lagos ApapaNigeria
King Shipping Trading started more than nine years ago and covers Lome in Togo, Accra in Ghana, Cotonou in Benin and Lagos in Nigeria. The company supplies a range of provisions on board, with an emphasis on good, healthy foodstuffs, and also fields engineers for vessel maintenance and repair work as well as staff to handle crew changes.
Puerto CabelloVenezuela
Ship provider and maritime services company serving Puerto Cabello, Puerto La Cruz, Jose Bay, Amuay Bay and Punta Cardon.
ChittagongBangladesh
Supplier of ship stores, provisions and bonded stores, navigation and safety items, with ship repairing and LSA and FFA inspection services.
DoualaCameroon
KFT Magnet Cameroon Ltd was established in Cameroon in 2013 and has become involved in projects across the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). A licensed and duly registered service company based in Douala, it provides a range of services to support client businesses and operations in West and Central Africa, including human resource sourcing, delivered by bilingual staff working in both English and French. Its key personnel have many years of experience in Africa and know the territory well, which positions them to overcome local difficulties and keep projects running smoothly. The company specialises in streamlining clients' core business operations so that tasks can be outsourced for faster delivery and greater efficiency.
HullCanada
A local company to Hull, serving vessels on the River Humber, River Trent and River Ouse. Services available 24 hours a day: ship food and stores chandlery, crew transfers, crew travel agency, a lifejacket service station, SOLAS LSA stock and a general courier service.
ValenciaSpain
Keel Delivery is a ship supply and crew assistance service operating in the Port of Valencia, Spain, providing on-board delivery of electronics, personal items, clothing and other requested goods. The service is designed to support ship and crew needs efficiently without requiring shore access, with an emphasis on reliability, transparency and quick turnaround.
ChittagongBangladesh
DamiettaEgypt
Kartos Marine Services was established in 2005 across all ports of Egypt as a ship chandler, general ship supplier and Suez Canal transit ship agent, serving vessels calling at Suez and other Egyptian ports or transiting the Suez Canal. Known from the beginning for honesty and reliability, it has built a worldwide client network. The company today has branches in every Egyptian port, with a dedicated professional team and a large warehouse in a tax-free area holding most of the items requested by vessels calling in Egypt, making it one of the market leaders in the Suez Canal area in both ship chandling and canal transit agency.
IzmitTurkey
Karacan Ship Supply provides 24/7 service across Turkey, supplying fresh and reliable food products, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, shipboard materials, electronic materials and technical equipment, all certified to health standards. The company also provides agency services in the Izmit gulf ports, Gemlik, Yalova and Istanbul, and can serve Istanbul, the Izmit gulf, Gemlik, Yalova, Bandirma, Eregli, Izmir, Tekirdag and other Turkish ports, with an emphasis on delivering orders punctually.
KandlaIndia
Supplier of provisions, bonded stores, deck and engine stores, cabin stores, electronics and office equipment, marine electronics, IT equipment and accessories, and fire and safety equipment. Services provided include life raft maintenance, marine electronics maintenance, office equipment maintenance, printing and industrial photography, ship repair and maintenance, and sludge removal and tank cleaning.
KamsarGuinea
A ship chandler in Kamsar since 2001, serving the whole region up to Boke and Boffa. Deliveries cover food provisions, technical supply, bonded stores, safety equipment and more.
ChittagongBangladesh
Exporter of spare parts and supplier of all kinds of ship stores — provisions, cabin, deck, engine, electrical, navigation equipment, bonded and saloon stores. Further services: steel fabrication; bunkering (MGO and IFO); lubricants supply; navigation books, BA and AS charts and marine departmental items; dry-docking arrangement; survey and inspections; life raft, fire extinguisher and CO2 servicing and new supplies; radar and GMDSS repair and reconditioned supplies; tank, hatch, engine-room and duct keel cleaning; chipping and painting; garbage cleaning; and watchmen supply.
FAQ
A general chandler supplies across every department of the ship — deck and engine-room stores, cabin and galley items, cleaning materials, and fresh or dry provisions — consolidated into a single order delivered to the berth or anchorage. That single point of contact is the main reason buyers use a chandler for routine resupply rather than sourcing each line from a separate specialist.
For large or technical items — main engine spares, certified wire rope, or bulk provisions — a specialist usually offers a better price, deeper stock, and proper documentation. Buyers often place routine top-ups with a chandler while comparing the specialists listed alongside them for those technical lines, trading some convenience for category expertise.
Delivery is timed to the vessel's port call, so lead time depends on the port, the order size, and how much notice the chandler has. A chandler carrying broad local stock can often meet short-notice top-ups before sailing, which is why masters value confirmed stock and reliable delivery to the berth over price alone for urgent orders.
