Though Western Fumigation has worked in many ports along the Eastern Seaboard, including those in North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, New York, Baltimore, and Tampa and Jacksonville, FL, the Parsippany, NJ-based company is committed and closely tied to its operations along the Delaware River.

OHL’s Perishable Customs Brokerage team in front of its historic headquarters in the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

PORT OF WILMINGTON, DE — Paul Ross, managing director of East Coast operations at the port of Wilmington for California-based Dayka & Hackett Worldwide Produce Source, has spent 35 years traveling the world looking for the best produce on the planet.

“I’ve been to 70 different countries, many of them multiple times, and I’m going to make a point of getting to the ones that I haven’t been to before I retire,” he said.

PORT OF WILMINGTON, DE — A solid work ethic and an eye for detail have made Murphy Marine Services a key component of the port of Wilmington in one form or another for half a century. Though the company evolved into Murphy Marine 15 years ago, its roots at the port date back to the 1970s.

Over time, the business model has changed. As perishables have become a more important part of the port’s trade, Murphy Marine’s focus has been on understanding the supply chain from end to end to better serve customers’ needs.

Chris Martin, president of Gourmet Trading Co., headquartered in Los Angeles, died July 23 while on a trip with his wife, Sharon, and their four daughters. He was 48 years old.

LOS ANGELES — It has been just under 14 years since Francisco Clouthier, vice president of Maui Fresh International LLC, here, first began working in the Los Angeles produce industry. That is not a long time by the standards of many who have been part of the Los Angeles produce scene for decades, some for well over half a century. And yet in just those short 14 years, Mr. Clothier observes that he has seen dramatic changes in the business.

In fact, the business has changed a great deal in just the last four or five years.