40-foot container of fresh salmon leaves from Chile for the US - by sea

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By Alex Lennane

03/06/2013

The first sea freight shipment of non-frozen salmon to the US in a 40-foot container was made last month following the emergence of new technology. Global Fresh Foods has developed controlled atmosphere fuel cell-based technology – and says it hopes that sea freight will now take more market share from airlines.

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