Cuando se trata de productos perecibles, el tiempo es oro. Sin embargo, los exportadores de cerezas chilenas han sufrido un golpe devastador debido al retraso del buque Maersk Saltoro, que debía llegar a China con más de 1.353 contenedores repletos de fruta para el Año Nuevo Chino. El buque, que...
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¿Pérdidas millonarias de la carga del Maersk Saltoro?: El drama de las cerezas chilenas en China
El buque Maersk Saltoro ha llegado al puerto de Nansha, China, después de 52 días de navegación, transportando 1.353 contenedores de frutas chilenas (unas 25.000 toneladas apróx.) en su mayoría cerezas, nectarines y arándanos. Sin embargo, la avería en su motor principal el pasado 13 de enero...
Crisis de la cereza chilena: Maersk Saltoro arriba a China tras 52 días de retraso
19 de febrero de 2025 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Linkedin Telegram Email Impresión El buque «Saltoro» de la empresa Maersk que llevaba 1.353 contenedores de cerezas chilenas para el año nuevo chino y que estuvo varado en los mares de Asia llegó finalmente al puerto chino de Nansha, 52 días después...
Latin America’s cherry season starts to bite as capacity pours in
The battle to transport South American cherries is under way, with exporters firmly focused on Chinese markets, where the yields are best.
It’s a strong season, according to Chile Economico, with cherry production up some 36% year on year to 310,352 tonnes, with some 90% destined for China in a season that lasts almost up to Chinese new year in February.
Capacity – both air and sea – is now pouring into …
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MSC introduces Cherry Express service linking Chile to Asia
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is pleased to introduce an express service for cherry and fresh fruit cargo
from Chile to Asia, effective 18 November 2020. To reinforce the express service offering, MSC will also deploy
two more vessels exclusively for weeks 49 and 51.
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Dwindling airfreight capacity forces perishables shippers to try a dip in the ocean
Things just got worse for South Africa’s perishables exporters: just as they were gearing up for the stone fruit season, struggling national carrier South African Airways (SAA) grounded its fleet.
The move was not unexpected. The airline, which has only once produced an annual profit since 1994, had filed for creditor protection in December, but the impact of Covid derailed plans for a restructure.
SAA has not operated commercial scheduled flights since …
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New hope for troubled Chile that it can save $4.6bn salmon export market
Chile hopes to see its salmon exports begin again this week, following the protests and civil unrest that has hampered its export markets.
While its fruit has, for the most part, has managed to leave the country, that has only been down to “people working very hard”.
In the salmon industry, exports have been stopped by road blockages, as well as union protests. Logistics from the island of Chiloe, a salmon centre, were hampered, while some …
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Bumper UK cherry season expected
The UK’s cherry producers are happy to talk about the fact that favourable conditions earlier this year could result in a bumper crop. With the rain in early June appearing to have little effect, this year’s crop is forecast at 6,500 tonnes, well up on last year’s disappointing figure of 3,233.
Promotion group Love Fresh Cherries said that favourable winter weather had helped dormancy and would result in a tasty crop with a good range of fruit sizes available for most varieties.
Matt Hancock,...
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Turkey to export 8,000 tons of cherries to South Korea
Officials say Turkey aims to export 8,000 tons of cherries to South Korea this year. Their remarks came during the visit of a South Korean delegation to Alaşehir, Manisa, to examine cherry orchards, as well as processing, packaging and cold storage facilities.
The South Korean delegation received information from the authorities on packaging and storage of cherries during their examination of the sections of picking, transporting, cooling, storing, residual reports and packaging of cherries at...
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First cherries from Argentina to China
Eight containers bound for Guangzhou left Patagonia by truck on Monday (Jan. 7) to be shipped via Chile
The first ever consignment of Argentine cherries is on its way to China following the opening of the market at the end of 2018.
Eight containers carrying 160 tonnes of cherries grown in Río Negro, Neuquén and Chubut left by truck on Monday bound for Chile, from where they will be shipped via the ports of Valparaíso and San Antonio to Guangzhou.
Anibál Caminiti, manager of the Argentine Chamber...