Agriculture officials from Uruguay and the United States gathered at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia on Monday to mark the first shipment of Uruguayan citrus fruit to the United States.
On a nearby pier, a Hamburg Sud refrigerated cargo ship had unloaded five containers of Valencia oranges, which had arrived Sunday and were being taken by truck to local distribution centers.
About 15 percent to 20 percent of all cargoes arriving at ports and terminals on the Delaware River, in Philadelphia, South Jersey, and Wilmington, is fresh fruit – bananas, grapes, kiwis, apples, pears, and citrus from Chile and other nations.
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