Today, Seaboard Marine delivered its first shipment of Hass avocados from Santa Marta, Colombia, to South Florida's market. The recent certification of Hass avocados by the Colombian Agricultural Institute provided a new opportunity to supply this Colombian fruit to American consumers. With the use of Seaboard Marine's fast transit, delivery times, and a superior [...]
Most of us, by now, have found while visiting or ordering from our local supermarkets that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, aisles remain stocked with fresh fruits and vegetables. It may surprise some to learn that nearly half of all U.S. produce is imported from other countries. Some of the largest producers of these fruits [...]
For nearly 40 years, Seaboard Marine has served the Western Hemisphere carrying cargo to some of the world's hardest-hit countries in the aftermath of natural disasters. But, no situation has come close to the recent pandemic affecting nearly every country on earth. This extraordinary epidemic has tested the limits of our business continuity protocols. [...]
Seaboard Marine recently received nearly 700 new 45-foot (102-inch wide) dry containers. These containers were received in Honduras and Miami and were immediately deployed to serve our customers throughout Central America and the Caribbean. “Since inception, Seaboard Marine has constantly strived to not only provide our customers the highest quality equipment but also the [...]
Seaboard Marine recently acquired 650 new refrigerated containers to add to our current fleet. The 600 forty-foot high cube and 50 twenty-foot containers, built to Seaboard Marine's exacting standards, will meet the increased demand of both our import and export customers throughout the Americas. Bruce Brecheisen, Executive Vice President, said, "Seaboard Marine's efforts to [...]
Seaboard Marine is pleased to announce new services throughout Latin America and the Caribbean Basin with the Port of Savannah. Beginning in June 2019, we will offer weekly services for both northbound and southbound cargoes between the Port of Savannah and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru), South Central America (Costa Rica and Panama), [...]