The Development of Supply Chains in the Refrigerated Cargo Freight from Spain to Poland

Abstract

The transport of refrigerated cargo (fruit and vegetable) imported from Spain to Poland is realized mainly by road. At the moment, there are no specialized short-sea shipping services of citrus fruit from Spain. In the previous years, only an insignificant amounts of fruit was transported from Spain to the Polish seaports. The aim of this article is to identify and characterize supply chains and logistics­transport infrastructure used in the freight of refrigerated cargo between Poland and Spain. The particular emphasis is put on the characteristics of supply chains of citrus fruit and vegetables.

Keywords

• refrigerated cargo
• supply chain
• citrus fruits
• vegetables fright
• maritime transport