SOUTH AFRICA - Suhanra Conradie, Chief Executive Officer of Summer Citrus from South Africa (SCSA), recently sent out an update about the supplier’s latest shipment. In her announcement, she wrote that the first of SCSA’s conventional vessels have shipped to the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and will be discharged in week 25.

“The Prince of Seas vessel carries +/- 3,000 pallets of citrus, with two-thirds of total volume containing Easy Peelers and the balance Navel oranges. From now going forward, weekly arrival of Star Ruby and Cara Cara will also be included as part of our offering!” Conradie wrote.

For the remainder of the season, SCSA will have weekly arrivals into the port of Philadelphia on either the company’s dedicated conventional vessels, its bigger MSC container loads, or some Maersk container vessels.

“On the production side, we have a healthy crop and have packed almost 30 percent of our original estimates for the U.S. market, with 23 percent already shipped,” Conradie continued. “As we operate within a Mediterranean climate, we have had healthy rainfall which is needed and welcome to secure sustained growth on the production area.”

Exporters, bilateral entities, shipping lines, the port of Cape Town, and many more supply chain and logistical service providers put their focus on executing this program with excellence, the announcement stated.

“We pride ourselves in our forward planning and commitment to serve the U.S. market with fresh and weekly supply of citrus fruit. As we work with a commodity with an ever-changing lifecycle along with operating in a challenging environment, we address unforeseen challenges as they occur, and we adjust accordingly very quickly,” Conradie concluded.

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