Image source : Robert Hall, General manager of Pak Fresh Handling
With 4 tonnes of the Jenko’s branded fruit heading to Singapore via Darwin Airport’s cold storage hub, Pak Fresh Handling has exported its first consignment of Australian mangoes this season.
After arriving at the facility late on 19 September, the fruit was ready quickly. After being screened and held in cold storage overnight, it was loaded onto a flight early the following morning.
According to Robert Hall, general manager of Pak Fresh Handling, growers could not obtain better turn-around times anywhere else in the country while maintaining supply chain quality.
Robert Hall added: “Mangoes are received into a temperature-controlled environment, screened and packed before being loaded through our airside access directly onto a plane”
According to Hall, Darwin airport has five flights a week to Singapore, carrying a total of 130 tonnes of fresh produce each. Each week, there are three additional flights to Hong Kong.
Hall continued: “We have the vapour heat treatment plant accredited and commissioned to treat anything from mango to meat.”
“This is an important protocol requirement of countries such as Korea, Japan and China who pay a premium price for our fruit.”
The deputy chief minister of the Northern Territory, Nicole Manison, said it was fantastic to see 4 tonnes of Territory mangoes bound for Singapore.
Her post on LinkedIn read: “We know the Territory produces the world’s best mangoes, so it’s only fair we share them with the rest of the world”
