News / HMM guarantees slots for South Korean food exports to Australia

Hyundai Vancouver, one of HMM’s ships serving the South Korea-Australia route. Source HMM

South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) has asked flag-carrier HMM to reserve space for food and agri-product exporters on its South Korea-Australia services in November and December.

Each month, HMM will set aside 36 teu for Korean food and agri-exports to the Australian ports of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

This volume corresponds with 79% of demand for Korean food products, such as kimchi (fermented spicy cabbage), mandu (dumplings), mushrooms and pears, in Australia.

Next year, the shipping arrangement will ...