date:Mar 20, 2014
ed railway company, Transnet, is a joint enterprise between Dole SA, Unifrutti and Zest.
Citrus fruit forms the bulk of shipments from South Africa between May and September, after which Spanish produce begins to fill European supermarket shelves although a cloud hangs over the 2014 South African citrus season.
A recent EU report on citrus blackspot in the country could lead to the extension into 2014 of a late-2013 European ban on South African citrus.
Shippers and logistics providers belie