Banana transportation in reefer containers./ Transports de bananes en conteneurs frigorifiques.
Author(s) : HOCHHAUS K. H.
Type of article: Article
Summary
Bananas currently account for the lion's share (36%) of all temperature-sensitive goods carried by sea. The author describes the growth of the market with the shipment of bananas in refrigerated containers in the late 1960s by United Brands Company (today's Chiquita); the approach of Dole Fesh Fruit and of the Compagnie Générale Maritime.
Details
- Original title: Banana transportation in reefer containers./ Transports de bananes en conteneurs frigorifiques.
- Record ID : 1999-1212
- Languages: English
- Source: Int. Fruit World - n. 1
- Publication date: 1998
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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Indexing
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Themes:
Marine transport;
Fruit - Keywords: Sea transport; Refrigerated transport; Banana; Market; Container
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- Author(s) : HOCHHAUS K. H.
- Date : 1998
- Languages : English
- Source: Int. Fruit World - vol. 56 - n. 3
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- Date : 1983
- Languages : French
- Source: Bull. Assoc. tech. marit. aéronaut. - n. 83
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- Date : 1981
- Languages : French
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- Date : 1998
- Languages : English
- Source: Int. Fruit World - vol. 57 - n. 2
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- Author(s) : GARRIGUE J.
- Date : 1982/06
- Languages : French
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