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Truck-Rail and Sea-Land Shipping Tests with Texas Fruits and Vegetables

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  • Johnson, Howard B.

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Much information is available on transportation of fresh fruits and vegetables in railway refrigerator cars. However, less is available on transportation of these commodities in the modern, mechanically refrigerated truck trailer. One reason for the limited source of pertinent information on this last-growing mode of transport--in addition to its relatively short operational history--has been the difficulty in making repeated test shipments in similar types of refrigerated trailers. The results obtained in 13 test shipments of fresh fruits and vegetables in mechanically refrigerated truck-rail and sea-land trailers are given in this report. Particular emphasis is placed on the rate of cooling the commodity and the factors involved. This study to evaluate the truck-rail and sea-land equipment for maintaining the quality of fruits and vegetables in transit is part of a broad program of research of the Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, designed to maintain quality and reduce spoilage losses in marketing farm products.

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  • Johnson, Howard B., 1963. "Truck-Rail and Sea-Land Shipping Tests with Texas Fruits and Vegetables," Marketing Research Reports 313293, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uamsmr:313293
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313293
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