There is a developing mart for chrysanthemum coming from Colombia , East Africa and Asia . The grandness of sea freight over melodic line freightage is growing , for several intellect . To ship these flowers sustainably , more and more shipping is taking berth with ocean shipping containers . Royal Van Zanten is therefore test all genetic breeds with a ' unique ocean container communications protocol ' . It place how well each Royal Van Zanten variety can be shipped by sea . grant to the breeder , seaworthy or SeaProof ® variety show retain their high calibre after four weeks of shipping by sea and keep their smasher in the vase for at least two more week .
Driss Choukri ‘ Research & Development ’
“ Our Bonita , a white chrysanthemum with two-fold flowers , is already being ship on a big scale from Colombia to the USA , England and Chile , for example . Practice has already present us that Bonita is a miscellany that " travels " very well by ocean . Soon we will be able to use the SeaProof label to argue the fitness of all our assortment . This is worthful info for cultivator , traders and retailer worldwide . In addition , it set aside our reproduction to apply the ‘ suitability for sea rapture ’ criteria in its breeding programme , ” says Hans Bosman , chrysanthemum intersection managing director at Royal Van Zanten .
Royal Van Zanten is using the sea container protocol to argue what the transport options are for each of its chrysanthemum . This makes cargo ships by ocean possible for more form .
Sea container protocolIn exceptional customised facilities , Royal Van Zanten recreates the conditions of shipping by ocean . Five to ten stems are reap from each form to be placed in boxes in the sea shipping container simulator . They last out there for four calendar week under specific conditions . Then the flowers go to the flowering room , where they are placed in vases at room temperature . Next , the flowers are evaluated for various quality characteristics every other Clarence Shepard Day Jr. .
“ In the flowering room , we memorialize the calibre characteristic of each vase every other day . If substandard , that bunch is fling . We are looking for varieties that are strong enough to stay beautiful for at least two weeks after ship by sea , ” says Daaf Smit , breeding test specialist at Royal Van Zanten .
Hans Bosman ‘ Productmanager ’ and Daaf Smit ‘ Breeding trials medical specialist ’
Seaworthy varietiesRoyal Van Zanten smorgasbord that are already shipped by tenacious - aloofness sea transport let in the chrysanthemums Bonita and Bonita Sunny . Early this year we get going quiz other varieties . " In the come months we are going to expand our inquiry and protocol further and we expect to see more resolution . "
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