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Carbon footprint - 06.10.2009
A study comparing the environmental impact of the two main methods of shipping fresh produce reveals that specialised reefer ships produce 27 per cent less emissions of greenhouse gasses than container ships.
The research, carried out by the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU) of Lincoln University in Christchurch, New Zealand, set out to assess more fully the shipping emissions generated in fresh produce supply chains – which has received less attention in previous studies.
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