Comparison of the Environmental Conditions during Air and Refrigerated Marine Container Transportation of Sayaingen (immature kidney bean with pod)

Abstract

Since Okinawa was returned to Japan in 1972, the agriculture in Okinawa has been developing. In recent years, transportation of fruits, vegetables and cut flowers to the mainland Japan from Okinawa has been rapidly increasing.
Most of them are transported by airfreight. On other hand freight traffics are larger than the capacity of scheduled airfreight from Naha to the mainland Japan.
The refrigerated marine container transportation system is contemplated to accept the freight traffic of rapidly increasing horticultural products. It was very rare that the air transportation system of perishable horticultural products was replaced by refrigerated marine container system, there was little literature on the comparison of their quality changes.
Air and refrigerated marine container transportation tests of Sayaingen were carried out to compare with the environmental conditions and quality changes during their transportation.