Shipping bananas Vietnam to Jebel Ali takes 20 to 30 days direct, longer via a hub. Here is how that compares with the green life you have to spend.
Tag Archives: cold-chain
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Oct
Oct
The minimum order quantity banana container terms impose is one reefer. Why the fruit cannot share a box, what one holds, and four ways around it.
13
Oct
Oct
A small scale banana ripening room can work: the four conditions it must hold, the refrigeration figure most conversions get wrong, and when to buy ripened.
13
Oct
Oct
Banana quality inspection on arrival, in the order that holds up: the reefer download, pulp temperature before unloading, how much to open, naming defects.
13
Oct
Oct
Banana crown rot postharvest disease starts at the cut crown in the packing house, not in the reefer. What the surveys found, and what actually reduces it.
12
Oct
Oct
Ho Chi Minh to Singapore shipping is quoted at one to five days. On a lane that short, harvest timing and clearance decide quality, not the sea leg.
10
Oct
Oct
One in eight produce consignments failed Singapore sampling in 2019. What hold and test means, what a failure costs, and what a buyer can control.
28
Sep
Sep
Ho Chi Minh to Port Klang is two to three days at sea. On a lane that short, harvest timing and clearance decide quality, not the voyage. What to plan.
16
Sep
Sep
Incoterms for reefer fresh produce: FOB, CFR and CIF all pass risk on board, and CIF’s minimum cover does not include refrigeration breakdown.
16
Sep
Sep
The banana ripening stages colour index is not standardised: the same fruit is stage 4 on one chart and stage 3 on another. What to specify instead.
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