Del Monte Fresh Produce, a North America marketer and distributor of high-quality fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, has announced that two of its energy efficient container vessels, Del Monte Harvester and Del Monte Valiant, will be moving to the West Coast.
Each vessel has a full cargo capacity of 1,276 TEU with 634 plugs for 40-foot high cube reefer containers, and given the perishable nature of fresh fruits and vegetables, the air-cooled containers will maintain the cargo at specified temperatures, traveling in reefer mode with multiple temperature variants from -25o to 40oC.
Bringing the vessels to the West Coast will not only allow Del Monte Fresh Produce to have full control over its fleet; it will also assist with speeding up shipping times, ensuring that customers receive the freshest products.
Cstoredecisions.com quoted Fresh Del Monte Produce Senior Vice President of Shipping Operations Helmuth Lutty as saying: “We are excited about the move of these two vessels to the West Coast. Providing customers with high quality products in in a timely manner is a top priority of ours and we are proud to be able to do it in a way that helps meet our sustainability goals as a company.”
