STiR coffee and tea magazine

44 STiR coffee and tea / Issue 4, 2018 (August / September) Single Serve Cup Filling & Sealing Machine Installation & Training Included *) Entry Level One Lane Machine, DCC-1-1500 *) One Machine, Different Cups *) Speed: 30 pcs / min *) Weight / Dimension: 880lb / 80'' x 26.5'' x 70'' *) Supply the Lids and the Welded Cups *) Materials weight: 1–7g *) Speed: 2400 pcs per hour *) Inner Bag Size: 40-80mm in length 60-80mm in width *) Outer Bag Size: 80-140mm in length 80-130mm in width Welcome to visit us at: Email: sales@eastsign.com Eastsign Inc 10203 Corkwood Road , Dallas, TX 75238 Oct 14-17, Pack Expo'18 Booth # E-9932, Chicago DCC-1-1500 ( 2 / 4 / 8 Lanes Available ) PTB-2400-F Pyramid Tea Bag Machine • No. 1 containerized import is coffee • No. 1 US port for imported coffee (two years in a row) • Annual coffee imports equivalent to 20 billion cups of coffee • Home to the world's largest coffee processing facility, J.M. Smucker Coffee Silo Operations, which is located on Port property. • All of Folgers coffee, a subsidiary of J.M. Smucker, is imported at Port of New Orleans. • A deep-draft multipurpose port located at the center of the world's busiest port system – Louisiana's Lower Mississippi River At a Glance Sophisticated intermodal links make Port of New Orleans easily accessible by rail, barge, and truck Intermodal advantage A strategic study, commissioned after 175-mph winds from Hurricane Katrina left support facilities badly damaged in 2005, identified the availability of a bundle of inland transpor- tation services for containerized cargo at Port NOLA as "one of the most important competitive advantages compared to other ports," according to engineering and design firm Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB). "In addition to rail and truck connections, Port NOLA also has direct access to the Mississippi River inland waterway sys- tem—a slower, but safer and more cost-effective transportation mode that is particularly attractive to shippers of low-value and/ or hazardous goods, such as grains," according PB. The Port has invested more than $140 million in capital im- provements since 2012 including a $25 million intermodal ter- minal. Today Port NOLA is the only seaport in the US served by all six Class I rail lines, 50 ocean carriers, 16 barge lines, and 75 truck lines utilizing a two-lane truckway. On-dock rail and direct ship-to-barge services make transit times speedy. Port NOLA's Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal has experienced significant growth over the last few years. This trend is expected to continue, says Jackson. The intermodal fa- cility features four railroad tracks each with a 1,500-feet working pad to transfer thousands of containers daily. The Napoleon Container Terminal surpassed 500,000 TEUs for the third consecutive year in 2017, says Jackson. "In the first 11 months of fiscal year 2018, Port NOLA handled more than 500,000 TEUs and anticipates exceeding 540,000 TEUs for the entire fiscal year," she said. The 12-acre site is equipped with six ship-to-shore gantry cranes, this container terminal has capacity to handle 840,000 TEUs annually. The expansion footprint there calls for capacity to handle 1.5 million TEUs annually and additional gantry cranes, she said. Value added services Coffee is the top containerized import at Port NOLA, Jack- son. "Tonnage has trended near 250,000 tons annually which is equivalent to 20 billion cups of coffee. This equates to roughly 17.5% of the total US market share," she said. "Import volumes have been growing by an average 1.6% an- nually over the past decade. Traditionally, roughly 70% of im- ported coffee volumes originate from South America, including Brazil and Colombia. Asia accounts for the second largest source, including Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand," said Jackson. Port NOLA offers value-added services for imported coffee that include capabilities to weigh, sort, grade, roast, and package the commodity within close proximity to all Port facilities. Two of the most modern bulk processing operations are located in New Orleans: Dupuy Storage and Forwarding Corp. the first US green coffee silo and J.M. Smucker Coffee Silo Operations (Silocaf of New Orleans Inc.), the world's largest coffee pro- cessing facility. Dupuy v.p. Janet Colley Morse, stressed the im- portance of offering an extensive array of value added services for coffee imported through the Port of New Orleans. "Redefining ourselves as an integral part of the coffee sup- ply chain has set us apart as a service provider and offered the port with another attractive option to roasters and importers alike," said Colley Morse. "The history of coffee in New Or- leans is undeniable, and we feel that offering these services will serve to maintain our city's viability and necessity to the entire coffee industry," she said.

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