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Sounds like the answer was: Because their ships have their own cranes and can go to smaller ports in developing countries.
by abricot 11y ago
Sounds like the answer was: Because their ships have their own cranes and can go to smaller ports in developing countries.
- masklinn 11y agoAlso * because Dole imports from the tropics which have a limited concept of seasons, so the ships rarely if ever sit unused (therefore it makes sense to own or lease) * because Dole moves products from places way outside major shipping lanes and ports, hiring ships would be inconvenient * even more so because Dole needs refrigerated ships making #2 worse
- bkor 11y agoYour last item is not totally accurate: Refrigerated ships are the ones where the entire vessel is temperature controlled. What Dole needs is lots of power connections ("reefer plugs"). That's uncommon but not the same as a refrigerated ship. Last I knew, other companies partly use reefer ships (bananas in bulk) combined with loading into containers. The benefit of a big refrigerated vessel is mostly when you have a big company importing ("importers") in huge quantities and then selling it to other companies. A single container is huge, but it is way less than a whole refrigerated vessel. Part of the reason why more bananas have been shipped in reefer containers is due to companies cutting out the importers.
- SyneRyder 11y agoPossibly related episode of 99% Invisible, about the invention & design of temperature controlled containers, to speed or slow the ripening of fruit while in transit so they're in peak condition on arrival: http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/reefer-madness/ http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/reefer-madness/
- kejaed 11y agoCame here to say the same thing. Feel like this guy https://twitter.com/Andrew_Jarvis/status/674028991792070656 https://twitter.com/Andrew_Jarvis/status/674028991792070656
- HeyLaughingBoy 11y agoThat's one of my favorite 99P.I. episodes. Right behind The Sunshine Hotel Anything I can do to plug that absolutely amazing podcast...
- giarc 11y agoIf 1 was true, it would be true for Chiquita. >A half-century later, its parent company would find that it was no longer economical to own its own ships.
- ethagknight 11y agoArticle mentions ships were sold for debt relief for Chiquita, implying some other issues.