challenge ahead is transport and says Josef you pack 32 pallets an “Our logistics,” Malan. “Say hour and the packhouse is working through the pallets per day and to move that, night, that’s 640 approximately 30 trucks. So you need 30 trucks at the packhouse, 30 on the road you’re talking and another 30 on their way back, in other words 90 trucks in circulation for one packhouse.” That is, assuming that everything goes well at the harbour. A recent strike of harbour workers caused a delay, as do mundane things like insufficient reefer plug points at the harbour or long queues of trucks at the trucks back up into the surrounding roads and traffic harbour. “The officials are forever writing out tickets for Lucille the harbour the our truck drivers,“ says. “At trucks and wait if there cool rooms can’t offload quickly enough. They stand aren’t enough available.” The height of the avocado season coincides with that of citrus, which places further strain on cool facilities at the harbours. The choice of harbour for Naranja Packers depends on cultivar, timing and destination. If fruit go to Cape Town Harbour, almost double the trucking cost from in the European market a week earlier, while Durban Harbour provides good Burgersfort, it’s opportunities for return journey freight (although the recent listeriosis scare affected that). It takes about 45 to 50 days for their soft citrus to complete its journey from the orchard to its receivers overseas. For more information: Josef Malan Naranja Packers Email: Publication date: 8/22/2018 Author: Copyright:
“Our challenge ahead is transport and logistics,” says Josef Malan. “Say you pack 32 pallets an hour and the packhouse is working through the night, that’s 640 pallets per day and to move that, you’re talking approximately 30 trucks. So you need 30 trucks at the packhouse, 30 on the road and another 30 on their way back, in other words 90 trucks in circulation for one packhouse.” That is, assuming that everything goes well at the harbour. A recent strike of harbour workers caused a delay, as do mundane things like insufficient reefer plug points at the harbour or long queues of trucks at the harbour. “The trucks back up into the surrounding roads and traffic officials are forever writing out tickets for our truck drivers,“ Lucille says. “At the harbour the trucks can’t offload quickly enough. They stand and wait if there aren’t enough cool rooms available.” The height of the avocado season coincides with that of citrus, which places further strain on cool facilities at the harbours. The choice of harbour for Naranja Packers depends on cultivar, timing and destination. If fruit go to Cape Town Harbour, almost double the trucking cost from Burgersfort, it’s in the European market a week earlier, while Durban Harbour provides good opportunities for return journey freight (although the recent listeriosis scare affected that). It takes about 45 to 50 days for their soft citrus to complete its journey from the orchard to its receivers overseas. For more information: Josef Malan Naranja Packers Email: Publication date: 8/22/2018 Author: Copyright:
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