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Logistics
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Free Time
Free time is the number of days a container may remain at a terminal or with a consignee before demurrage or detention…
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Cold Chain
The cold chain is the uninterrupted series of temperature-controlled storage and transport steps — from freezing or harvest through storage, loading, transport…
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How should frozen berries be stored and transported?
Frozen berries need -18 C or colder as a continuous product temperature, sealed liners, wet-strength cartons, stable pallets and logged transport.
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What is the difference between FCL and LTL shipments?
FCL means a full container load for one shipper, loaded and unloaded once; LTL shares space. Risk, cost logic and when each…
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Cold Chain Logistics for Frozen Berries: Ukraine to Western Europe
Technical and operational guide to maintaining the cold chain from Ukrainian processing facilities to EU distribution centres.
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TIR Carnet
TIR Carnet is an international customs transit document, administered under the TIR Convention by the IRU, that allows sealed road vehicles to…
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CMR
CMR is the international road consignment note governed by the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road,…
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What is the cold chain?
The cold chain is the unbroken run of temperature-controlled steps from freezing to use. What it covers for quick-frozen fruit and who…
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How is frozen fruit transported?
Frozen fruit moves at -18 C or colder in ATP class FRC trailers in Europe and in reefer containers at sea. Equipment,…
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Packaging for Frozen Fruit Exports: Liners, Cartons and Pallet Patterns
Food-contact liners, carton grades, labelling obligations and pallet configuration for frozen fruit shipped from Ukraine to the EU.