Rotterdam - Rotterdam Fruit Wharf (RFW) and shipping company Seatrade have entered into a contract for twenty visits of conventional refrigerated ships with fruit from South Africa. The first ship, the Caribbean Mermaid, is currently unloading 2000 pallets (=2000 tonnes) of grapefruit at the RFW terminal in the Merwehaven area.

Following this, 2000 tonnes of onions, carrots and cabbage from Zeeland and Noord-Brabant will be added to the cargo for St. Petersburg. The loading ports in South Africa are Durban and Cape Town.