A trial shipment from Brazil to Rotterdam carried out earlier this year by German operator Hamburg Süd has demonstrated that Thermo King’s Advanced Fresh Air Exchange Management system (AFAM+) is a viable option for the transport of Brazilian avocados.
Hamburg Süd, which has been using AFAM+ successfully for a number of years, performed the shipment of avocado fuerte in February . Surveyors who met the shipment in Rotterdam after a 16-day transit reported that the fruit arrived firm, and in good condition....
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