Railex service delivers South African citrus to West Coast terminals by train
Joel Gebet -- The Produce News -- July 29, 2010
South African citrus is making its way to the West Coast this year in large volumes for the first time in the decade that it has been exported to the United States, and Railex LLC is playing a major part in the logistics enabling this to take place.
Railex, a division of Riverhead, NY based ADS Management LLC, is known for its four refrigerated, temperature-controlled unit trains that depart from its West Coast terminals in Delano, CA, and Wallula, WA, and terminate on the East Coast at its terminal in Schenectady, NY, weekly.
This year, importers of South African citrus are utilizing Railex’s trains to move their product as the trains make their return trips back to their respective terminals on the West Coast.
“2010 is the first time in the 11 years we have been exporting to the United States that we will be able to extend our geographic footprint to include the West Coast,” Western Cape Citrus Producers Forum Chairman Gerrit van der Merwe said in a press release issued in late May. “An arrangement with Railex will enable retailers to have our fruit available and consumers to enjoy our citrus within six days of leaving the port in Philadelphia.”
“The advantages to the WCCPF and their importers are significant as it opens new markets for them from San Diego through Portland to Seattle, as well as the inland cities.” Bill Welker, Railex’s vice president of national accounts, said in the release.
In mid-July, Mr. Welker told The Produce News that South African citrus importers had “been proactive to get involved with Railex,” and are using the Railex system as it was intended to be used, as “a forward deployment platform. This enables [the importers’] customers to order one day out, and this way the customers don’t order more than they need,” he said
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Railex, a division of Riverhead, NY based ADS Management LLC, is known for its four refrigerated, temperature-controlled unit trains that depart from its West Coast terminals in Delano, CA, and Wallula, WA, and terminate on the East Coast at its terminal in Schenectady, NY, weekly.
This year, importers of South African citrus are utilizing Railex’s trains to move their product as the trains make their return trips back to their respective terminals on the West Coast.
“2010 is the first time in the 11 years we have been exporting to the United States that we will be able to extend our geographic footprint to include the West Coast,” Western Cape Citrus Producers Forum Chairman Gerrit van der Merwe said in a press release issued in late May. “An arrangement with Railex will enable retailers to have our fruit available and consumers to enjoy our citrus within six days of leaving the port in Philadelphia.”
“The advantages to the WCCPF and their importers are significant as it opens new markets for them from San Diego through Portland to Seattle, as well as the inland cities.” Bill Welker, Railex’s vice president of national accounts, said in the release.
In mid-July, Mr. Welker told The Produce News that South African citrus importers had “been proactive to get involved with Railex,” and are using the Railex system as it was intended to be used, as “a forward deployment platform. This enables [the importers’] customers to order one day out, and this way the customers don’t order more than they need,” he said
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