Port of Helsingborg Magazine Winter/Spring 2005 - Helsingborgs ...

“Green Egersund” at its berth in the Skåne Terminal.Christmas brings clementines–or is it vice versa?Whichever it is, the fi rstcargo of clementines hasbeen unloaded in the Port ofHelsingborg.A sure sign of ChristmasThe 2004/2005 fruit season hasbegun in the Port In line with tradition,the season starts with the arrivalin Helsingborg ofmasses of sweet,juicy clementines from Morocco. Thisseason started with the shipping ofcontainers that were unloaded fromUnifeeder’s vessel “Kalina” in theWest Harbour for onward transportto a warehouse where the containerswere“stripped”,i.e. emptied. After thePlant ProtectionService, whichis partof the Swedish Board ofAgriculture,hadcarried out its control and declaredthe fruit to be ofprime quality, thepallets of clementines could bemovedto waiting trucks for transport on towholesalers and shops. In good timefor “Lucia Day”on13 December, thefi rst directly calling,conventional vessel“Green Egersund”arrived and unloadedabout 1millionkilos for Sweden’sChristmas trade. More clementinesarrived continuously into the Port,so there was no lack of these vitaminboosters.The big wholesalers in Swedenthat ship fruit to Helsingborg arewell known trademarks such as ICA,SABAand Lime Frukt &Grönt in theSwedish Everfresh Group.The fruit is loaded for transport on to wholesalers7