Reefer machinery makers back on track

AP Moller – Maersk (APMM) is to maintain its ownership of Maersk Container Industry (MCI).

The decline in revenue and average selling price was attributed to a slump in demand for dry freight containers in the wake of overproduction in 2021.

Carrier Transicold, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of reefer machinery, and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH are to work together on cold chain training and educational programmes in Costa Rica and South Africa.

Carrier Transicold has supplied Taiwan’s second largest liner shipping company with 2,000 of its PrimeLine reefer machines.

A sharp fall in orders for new containers has taken its toll on container manufacturers with H1 2023 revenues and profits at China International Marine Containers (CIMC), Dong Fang International Containers (DFIC) and Singamas well down on the corresponding period of 2022.

Daikin’s Active CA has successfully demonstrated that delicate Thai mangoes can be converted from air freight to ocean transport.