Container company ships off 320 bags of green coffee

SOUTH Pacific International Container Terminal (Spict) in Lae, Morobe, recently handled its first delivery of bags of coffee following the recent opening of its coffee bulking facility.
The company took delivery of 320 bags of green beans from Monpi Coffee Exports Ltd, one of the country’s major coffee producers and the first to use Spict’s newest service offering.
The shipment was bound for Melbourne, Australia.
Spict chief executive officer Robert Maxwell acknowledged Monpi Coffee Exports for trusting the company to handle their commodity.
“After almost a year of securing the necessary permits from state regulators and consultation with coffee experts across the country, we are now ready to provide the highest level of service to PNG’s coffee industry,” Maxwell said.
The company’s coffee bulking facility offers fully – equipped warehouse for coffee handling and storage. It said the warehouse was compliant with all the requirements set by Coffee Industry Corporation (CIC), which regulates the coffee industry.
Spict assures its customers of readily available containers from all shipping lines, as well as zero risk of missed shipments approved.
Coffee production is one of the country’s major industries and provides income to more than three million Papua New Guineans.
Majority of the country’s coffee production is centred on Arabica and Robusta, and around 99.9 per cent of PNG’s coffee is exported as green beans.
Spict said the country’s coffee trade was well positioned to benefit from new market opportunities.
It added that the company enjoyed exceptional connectivity with Morobe and the Highlands region, which accounted for more than 90 percent of the country’s coffee production.