Fresh Produce
Fruit and vegetables from farms and packhouses to market.
Learn more on the Fresh Produce Logistics pageCold Chain Cargo
Cut flowers and plants, kept cool for their vase life.
Cut flowers and plants moved by refrigerated road transport from grower and packhouse to market, planned around each variety.
Every hour warm is an hour off the vase life.
Cut flowers keep using their stored energy after harvest, and warmth makes them use it faster. Most varieties last longest when they are kept cool from the moment they are cut to the moment they are sold.
We plan each flower load around the varieties on board, their carrying temperature, their sensitivity to ethylene and how they are packed.
What cut flowers and plants need.
The right temperature depends on the variety, and a few rules protect the whole load.
Cool for most varieties
Most cut flowers, including roses, keep best just above freezing, at about 1 to 3°C.
Warmer for tropical flowers
Anthurium, orchids, heliconia and bird-of-paradise can be injured below about 10 to 13°C and travel separately.
Protected from ethylene
Ethylene-sensitive flowers, such as carnations, are kept away from fruit and other sources of ethylene.
Packed to breathe
Boxes and buckets are loaded so cold air can circulate, without crushing stems or blooms.
How Wyvern moves flowers and plants.
The Cold Chain services that carry flowers from grower to market.
Refrigerated road transport
Loads at the set point the varieties need.
Pre-cooling
Flowers cooled after harvest, before they are loaded.
Cross-border movements
Phytosanitary certificates and customs documents prepared before the border.
Other cold chain cargo.
Temperature-Sensitive Beverages
Chilled drinks and products that heat or frost can spoil.
Learn more on the Temperature-Sensitive Beverages Logistics page
Dairy Products
Fresh dairy kept chilled from collection to the receiving point.
Learn more on the Dairy Products Logistics pageFrequently asked questions
What temperature should cut flowers travel at?
Most cut flowers, including roses, keep best just above freezing, at about 1 to 3°C. Tropical flowers need warmer conditions. Each load travels at the temperature the grower specifies.
Which flowers cannot be kept that cold?
Tropical flowers such as anthurium, orchids, heliconia and bird-of-paradise can be injured below about 10 to 13°C, so they travel at a warmer temperature, separately from cold-loving varieties.
Why does ethylene matter for flowers?
Ethylene is a gas given off by ripening fruit and some plant material. It can make sensitive flowers, such as carnations, wilt or drop petals early, so they are kept away from it.
Can flowers travel with fruit or vegetables?
Only when the produce does not give off ethylene and both share a temperature range. Ethylene-producing fruit is kept apart from flowers.
Do flowers and plants need documents to cross a border?
Usually a phytosanitary certificate, and sometimes an import permit, depending on the plant and the destination. They are confirmed before the load is planned.
What do you need to plan a flower load?
The varieties, quantity, packaging (boxes or buckets), carrying temperature, and the collection and delivery points.
Moving flowers or plants?
Send the varieties, quantity, packaging, carrying temperature, and the collection and delivery points.