“For all parties concerned, it is economically viable and beneficial to ship fresh produce around Europe by sea in a reefer container rather than overland via trailers.”
So said Mark Copsey, Iberian trade manager for European shortsea operator MacAndrews & Co in a presentation on the economics of shipping fresh produce from Spain to the UK and Ireland by sea using 45ft high cube containers at the Intermodal Transport and Logistics conference held last November in Bilbao....
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