GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — For the first time in almost two years, Chiquita Brands International Inc. is returning its shipping operations to the State Port of Gulfport this week.

The Sun Herald (http://bit.ly/2b5dmbu ) reports that Chiquita is expected to sail into the port’s restored and expanded West Pier on Monday evening.

Chiquita’s return will restore about 40 full-time jobs to the International Longshoremen Association Local 1303, the union that loads and unloads cargo at the port.

The fruit company departed in late 2014 for the Port of New Orleans after 40 years in Gulfport. Officials announced last month though that Chiquita was returning after signing a new lease that runs for at least 40 years.

Officials say Chiquita will sail into the port once a week, as it previously did.