Banana box
cardboard box designed to transport bananas
A banana box is a type of corrugated box for transportation of bananas. It often consists of a separate lower part and a telescoping lid. Carrying handles and vent holes allow banana respiration and permit access to processing gasses such as ethylene oxide for ripening. The hole in the bottom is usually covered with a thin sheet of paperboard or corrugated board so that the bananas do not fall out, and a layer of plastic is usually placed between the bananas and the box.
History
Until the 1950s, bananas were often shipped hanging from hooks in the cargo rooms of reefer ships, which could lead to the bananas being in a poor condition when they arrived at their destination.
Since the fruit is sensitive to pressure, 1961 saw the introduction of boxes packed at the plantations and loaded on refrigerated ships.
From the mid-1960s, refrigerated containers were increasingly used to transport banana boxes.
Dimensions
A banana box usually holds about 18 kg of bananas. The dimensions may vary slightly between different manufacturers, but are approximately 535 × 400 × 245 mm (width × depth × height), which corresponds to a volume of 52 liters (0.05 m3). Thus, 20 banana boxes will fill about one cubic meter.
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