First Live Lobster Shipments from Halifax Land at China's Zhengzhou Xinzheng Int'l Airport
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [ChinaDaily.com.cn] - January 11, 2017
ZHENGZHOU - A chartered plane carrying metric tons of Boston lobsters, a favorite on festive dining tables during Lunar New Year celebrations, arrived Monday evening in Zhengzhou, capital of the central province of Henan.
This is the first chartered air freight delivery of seafood ordered by Chinese buyers, another two planes will arrive before the start of the festival, which this year falls on Jan 27.
It took the plane 19 hours to fly its cargo of 74.57 metric tons of Boston lobsters from Halifax Airport, Canada, to the transportation hub of Zhengzhou.
Dai Yanting, a quarantine official with the Henan Entry-Exit Inspection...
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