Haass, Rasmus; Dittmer, Patrick; Veigt, Marius; … - In: International Journal of Production Economics 164 (2015) C, pp. 400-408
During the past decades bananas were imported to Europe in reefer vessels. Often, these vessels returned to Central America empty. This resulted in high carbon emissions and high costs. Therefore, importers switched to reefer containers which are shipped to Europe by liner cargo services....