Photographs
Photographs from our shipments
Every picture here is our own, taken during our own shipments. They run in the order the goods travel, from the farm in Solapur, Maharashtra, to the cartons being opened at the other end.
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Sorting and grading at the farm
The fruit is checked and boxed at the farm before the truck ever reaches the container.
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Freshly cut stalks hanging at the collection point -
Bunches sorted by size and laid out on the table -
Rows of bunches after grading -
The last of the graded bunches, ready to move on -
Freshly cut bunches gathered in a tray -
Bunches waiting their turn at the wash tank -
A banana cut open lengthwise to check the fruit inside -
Bunches laid out for a final look before washing -
Cartons packed by hand at the farm
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Pre-cooling and container loading
The container is pre-cooled, then loaded by hand with cartons that arrive already packed.
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The reefer unit set before loading begins -
The stow pattern part built, with air channels left between the stacks -
The team building the carton wall -
A carton lifted to the top of the stack -
Placing a carton by hand rather than by machine -
The wall built to the roof of the container -
Cartons close, showing how they interlock -
Doors open on a loaded container -
A pallet of cartons staged before loading -
A loaded pallet moved by hand truck -
Cartons wheeled toward the open container -
The container wall, loaded floor to roof -
Cartons stacked to the container doors
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Arrival and unloading
The same shipment at the other end, photographed as the cartons were opened.
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The container opened at the destination -
Cartons as they were received -
A carton with its liner in place -
A carton opened, fruit inside the liner -
Hands lying as they were packed -
Fruit from the opened carton -
A second carton, opened -
A third carton, opened -
A banana drawn out of its bag for a closer look -
A carton opened at the other end, the same box that left India -
A bunch turned over for inspection after the journey -
A banana opened lengthwise, the same check made at the farm
Fruit is a natural product. These photographs show the kind of quality we pack. They are not a guarantee of exactly what will arrive, and what governs your order is the specification we agree with you in writing.