Many products spend a great deal of their postharvest life in a refrigerated transport vehicle.
This is particularly true for produce shipped by marine container, where transport times are often two to four weeks. The feature article in this issue is a guide to proper use of refrigerated containers for perishables. It covers issues from proper packaging, setting up the load, loading and use of temperature recorders. California cut flowers are usually too warm when they are loaded into refrigerated trailers. A second article in this issue reports on progress being made to ensure flowers are well cooled and arrive at destination in good condition.