Dole Picks Port Tampa Bay For New Shipping Route For Bananas, Pineapples

Jay Cridlin, Tampa Bay Times Produce June 14, 2021

A new shipping service delivering Dole pineapples and bananas to the United States will pass through Port Tampa Bay starting later this summer.

In addition to fruit, the direct weekly route linking Tampa, Honduras and Guatemala will also deliver containerized shipping of cargo like automobiles and other commodities. Two ships, the MV Dole Maya and MV Dole Aztec, will deliver all goods and materials from Central America to Tampa; Gulfport, Miss.; and Freeport, Texas.

One reason Tampa was picked: A 135,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse that opened in 2018, allowing the port to receive shipments of bananas, pineapples, limes, mangoes and other fruit from Central America.

To read the rest of the story, please go to: Tampa Bay Times

Related Articles

Produce

Kapi Kapi Growers Reports Exponential Growth

Kapi Kapi Produce May 14, 2024

Kapi branded pineapples first entered the U.S. market in late 2020. Through the leadership of Sofia Acon, president of Kapi Kapi Growers, the brand grabbed the attention of retail buyers and in December of 2020, the first shipments of Kapi pineapples reached the Port of Philadelphia. Retailers and wholesalers in the Northeast were eager to put the Kapi brand on store shelves and by the end of Q1, distribution had taken off. In less than a year, the Kapi brand was well on its way to becoming a significant supplier in the tropical fruit space. …