Maintaining Cherries Freshness during Transportation

The Pacific Northwest is known for its bountiful harvest of cherries each summer, with much of the crop exported to Asia. Freshliance Fresh Tracker 1 GPS positioning gsm gps tracker data logger can monitor its temperature to maintain its freshness during shipping.

Around 20 million 20lb boxes of delicious, plump and fleshy cherries were harvested in the Pacific Northwest during the summer season. The cherries from this region in the US, centred on Washington State, are some of the best in the world and in demand by consumers across the globe. Around 30 per cent of the harvest is exported, with Asia being the biggest customer, led by China and South Korea. Harvested in an intense three month period over the summer, these are delicate fruits that need to be transported thousands of miles, so how do they get from the tree to market in good condition?

Cherries are regarded as a high value, sought after product. Sea shipments can be successful, but very strict temperature control must be exercised. The fruit is very soft, has a tender skin, ripens fairly fast and is therefore regarded as very sensitive to handling and transport. Fast cooling to -0.5ºC immediately after harvest and not allowing the pulp temperature to exceed 0ºC during handling and transport is the key to successful sea shipment. Cherries also do not have a long storage and shelf life and should therefore be handled without delay to ensure they are offered to the retail market within 21 days from picking. However, modified atmosphere obtained with the use of polyethylene liners can prolong the market life of sweet cherries. These liners must be opened when the fruit is removed from cold storage to prevent development of off-flavours at higher temperatures. Sweet cherries are not sensitive to chilling temperatures and should be stored as cold as possible without freezing.

Air and sea freight cherries shipments can be monitored from Pacific Northwest to Asian countries using a range of Freshliance Fresh Tracker 1 real time GPS positioning gsm gps tracker data logger. One major benefit of using ‘real-time’ temperature loggers is that the data is readily accessible 24/7 from cloud-based systems. Data collected were readily accessible via web-based dashboards. This Fresh Tracker 1 GPS positioning sms temperature alarm data logger allows growers and exporters to make immediate informed via email or SMS alerts if fruit temperatures increased above optimum, so that they can make logistical and marketing decisions promptly rather than having to wait for the consignment to arrive at the final destination so that logistical and marketing decisions can be made in-situ rather than having to wait for the consignment to arrive at the destination which could otherwise be too late.This temperature recorder for refrigerated truck also enables the company to track the location and monitor the temperatures of all in-transit shipments in real time. Their location will shown on E map. Your team can monitor the temperature on any shipment at any time using our mobile APP and platform on PC. Armed with this function, you can track the cargo’s journey lest their loss and guarantee the logistic efficiency.