South Australia's New Cold Storage Facility Boosts Exports

0:00From Adelaide, this is your March 5th update. South Australian citrus and table grape growers now have a new option for exporting their produce. A cold storage facility in Adelaide run by lineage at its Edinburgh site north of the city just got approval from the Department of Agriculture. Fisheries and forestry. This marks the state's first facility certified to meet strict export protocols for fresh fruit headed overseas. Previously, most growers truck their oranges, mandarins, lemons and grapes across the border to facilities in Victoria for cold treatment and shipping for Melbourne ports. That extra trip added time and cost to their supply chains. The new setup in Adelaide should make things quicker and cheaper by keeping everything local. Growers have given it a warm welcome, even though it caught some by surprise. Citrus S.A. Chair. Mark Doecki called it a useful tool for the industry, cutting down long hauls to places like Melbourne or Shepperton. Juice company Nippie's director Jeff Nispel sees potential but noted it is not a total overhaul for his operations.

1:05The cold treatment process chills the fruit to kill off pests like fruit fly, a big issue in South Australia lately. While some shipments already leave from Port Adelaide to markets in Asia and Europe, companies want more frequent weekly services to handle perishable. Goods better. Flanders Port Holdings, which runs the port, points out direct weekly sellings to spots like Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand already. Exist. With connections to other Southeast Asian countries. Visuals say this facility levels the playing field with other states and sets up long-term wins for local exporters. This story is shared with support from our sponsor. Sali Pillow is a pillow with built-in headphones, lay back, press play and disappear into what you are listening to, S-O-L-I. Sali Pillow.