Fyffes Container Technology Broadens Market Reach

1st November 2013

#BananaBoxBoats – Fyffes, Europe’s biggest banana importer headquartered in Dublin is through its Costa Rica base exporting fruit to growing markets in Russia and the Middle East.

New shipping containers will now allow Fyffes to export fruit from Central America into growing markets in Russia and the Middle East, according to the managing director of the Irish company's Costa Rican subsidiary.

Speaking on a visit by Minister of State for Trade and Development Joe Costello, Fyffes general manager for Central America Alasdair Macleod said the company had been exporting 120 atmosphere-controlled containers of bananas and pineapples a week to Scandinavian countries this year. The containers can keep the fruit fresh for 23 shipping days.

Advances in container technology that preserve fruit over 35 days of shipping could allow the company to export more produce into Europe, better quality food into Russia and more fruit into the Middle East.

For much more on this story, The Irish Times reports.

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