The new facility that could open up Darwin s fresh produce export potential
A successful seafreight shipment of mangoes out of Darwin could be the start of an exciting new opportunity for Northern Australia, according to one of the country s leading handling companies.
Pak Fresh Handling says they were successful in their first ocean shipment in getting NT R2E2 Mangoes on the shelf at major Singapore Supermarket, along with their partner Excelsior Fruit International, last month. General Manager NT Robert Hall is excited about the future possibilities for the Territory s fresh produce businesses. Our new facility is export accredited for all produce so we were able to bring the mango in, bring down to temp in our forced air room, pack onto our specially manufactured mango export pallets and load into 20’ reefers, he said. It minimises handling, takes away the need for the product to travel on road for 4000 kilometres and we can control the fruit temperature to the customer s