the long distance transport of bananas by sea under refrigeration at 13–15◦C in order to prevent ripening during the voyage which may be up to three weeks but above the threshold temperature for development of chilling injury, which is in the range 12–15◦C depending on cultivar, fruit maturity and time of harvest (John and Marchal, 1995). Recent lifecycle analysis reports that the refriger-ated shipping of bananas around the world is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in banana production (Lescot, 2012).In addition, in a large country such as Australia, banana produc-tion occurs in tropical regions that are a considerable distance from major urban centres and refrigerated road transport at 14–16◦C hasbecome the standard mode of local transport (Australian Bananas,2013).