FRESH PRODUCE & PERISHABLES

Several ABP ports have the facilities and expertise to handle fresh produce and other perishables, which include fish, fruit and vegetables, fruit juices and fruit-juice concentrates, butter, hard-frozen meat and other meat products.

The ports with the capability to handle fresh produce and perishables boast the most up-to-date handling and distribution facilities, including cold and ambient storage.

Customers can expect the following from ABP’s ports:

• Cold and ambient storage facilities
• The expertise to handle refrigerated ships and/or refrigerated containers
• Excellent rail, road and waterborne distribution connections
• At the Port of Southampton, extended and refurbished temperature-controlled storage and handling facilities
• The container-handling facilities of DP World Southampton and Tilbury Container Services, both of which handle containerised fresh produce and perishable products
• Electronic fish-auction facilities at the Ports of Troon, Hull, Lowestoft and Grimsby, with ‘real-time’ Internet access to international fish markets
• The buoyant fish market at Fleetwood
• The use of the latest technology for the safe handling, monitoring, stock control and storage of fresh produce and perishables
• Deep-water berthing for those vessels that require it; high-volume discharge rates

Fresh produce is handled at these ports:

• Cardiff
• Fleetwood
• Grimsby
• Hull
• Immingham
• Southampton
• Troon

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