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Having a good relationship with shipping companies helps to keep things running smoothly at the port
As the New Zealand apple export season hots up Port Nelson (PNL) is running at full capacity reshuffling the port and carefully managing space. The full capacity of the port is 2700 full containers and 5000 empties.
Port Nelson handles approximately 10,200 TEU of apples each calendar year. Cold store capacity in Nelson and Motueka has increased the last few years which extends the apple season from March to July and even into August.
“Providing capacity to store and operate over the fruit season is our biggest challenge. We frequently find ourselves combining two stacks by filling up the separating roadway at the port to accommodate the increase in cargo volume. This increases capacity and reduces manoeuvrability, it is a considerable logistical exercise,” explains Jonny Cook, Container Operations Manager at Port Nelson.
Heath Wilkins -Golden Bay Fruit : Steve Wright -MSC New Zealand Ensuring the quality of our products on arrival, particularly for the longer transits into the UK & Europe, is our primary focus
Container shipping availability is a hot topic in the fruit and vegetable trade at the moment, as New Zealand enters the apple export season, exporter Golden Bay Fruit and Shipping company MSC are working together to ensure everything goes smoothly.
Golden Bay Fruit exports apples to Europe, UK, and Asia. The newest markets are well-serviced despite several locations in less common export markets for NZ, such as Myanmar. The company expects to be shipping in excess of 1 million cartons all over the globe in the 2021 season with the assistance of MSC to cover all of the existing and new markets.