Recently, a ship full of cherries set sail from the port of San Antonio, Chile, to Hong Kong. The MN Maersk Salalah ship is loaded with 700 containers of cherries, with a total cargo weight of more than 12,000 tons.
Carlos, Public Affairs Manager of the Port of San Antonio, said that it is currently in the peak season for the export of cherries. This is Maersk Line’s first ship full of cherries to Hong Kong.
This cargo ship will arrive in China before the Chinese New Year. In addition, Maersk has a cargo ship carrying 700 containers of cherries that will be sent out soon and also arrive before the Chinese New Year.
Boris Aljaro, Maersk’s head of fruit and vegetables for West Coast South America, said, “We are very pleased to provide services to Chilean cherries exporters so that their cherries can reach Hong Kong and the mainland of China in time for more fruits at preferential prices. The Salalah ship is loaded with 700 containers, each of which contains 3480 boxes of cherries. There are more than 2.4 million boxes of cherries. Each box is 5 kilograms. They are all high-quality cherries."
In addition, the Seaspan Hamburg, Rio Grande Express and Fleur N ships of the Hapag Lloyd shipping company have also joined the teams of transporting cherries. As of January 2022, there are 13 ships to transport cherries.
According to the "Recommended Quality Guide for Export Cherries" issued by the Cherry Committee of the Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile, the minimum size of cherries sent to China from December 1, 2021, is XL, so L-size cherries will no longer be exported to the Chinese market.
Source: FruitReviewer
