Plaque presentation with Argentine Ambassador will mark the occasion

PHILADELPHIA – On Friday, March 1, representatives from Holt Logistics and PhilaPort will join with officials from the Embassy of Argentina in the US to welcome the first shipment of Argentine beef into the United States in more than 17 years. Officials will gather at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia for a dockside plaque presentation to mark the occasion.

Representatives from Holt Logistics and PhilaPort joined with officials from the Argentine Embassy to the US to welcome the first shipment of Argentine beef into the United States in more than 17 years. Pictured (left to right): Pablo Rodriguez, Minister, Head of the Economic and Commercial Office, Embassy of Argentina; Jeff Theobald, CEO and Executive Director, PhilaPort; Leo Holt, President, Holt Logistics; The Honorable Fernando Oris de Roa, Argentine Ambassador to the United States; Ken Zuroick, Director, Sales and Marketing, Orleans International; Jeff Parker, Vice President Customer Service, Hamburg Sud; and Sean Mahoney, Director of Marketing, PhilaPort.
Representatives from Holt Logistics and PhilaPort joined with officials from the Argentine Embassy to the US to welcome the first shipment of Argentine beef into the United States in more than 17 years. Pictured (left to right): Pablo Rodriguez, Minister, Head of the Economic and Commercial Office, Embassy of Argentina; Jeff Theobald, CEO and Executive Director, PhilaPort; Leo Holt, President, Holt Logistics; The Honorable Fernando Oris de Roa, Argentine Ambassador to the United States; Ken Zuroick, Director, Sales and Marketing, Orleans International; Jeff Parker, Vice President Customer Service, Hamburg Sud; and Sean Mahoney, Director of Marketing, PhilaPort.

The shipment will include several tons of Argentine lean beef, primarily used for higher end cuts and hamburgers. The beef will arrive on the Hamburg Sud M/V Rio Barrow, which will arrive at The Port of Philadelphia from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The shipment marks the first time since 2001 that Argentine beef has been allowed for import into the US.

Philadelphia is largest port for imported beef in the United States by volume. PhilaPort and Holt Logistics have supported the efforts of the Argentine Agricultural Ministry in getting the necessary approvals from the US Department of Agriculture to begin import of bovine meat products. In total, Argentina expects to export about 20,000 tons of beef products into the US every year. This equates to approximately 160,000,000 quarter-pound hamburger patties, or 80,000,000 eight-ounce steaks.