Seatrade adds Carrier

News 23 Mar 2017 by WCN Editorial

Seatrade Group N.V. has acquired more than 2,400 Carrier Transicold PrimeLINE container refrigeration units.

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Seatrade, the world’s largest reefer vessel operator, is building up a fleet of over 6,000 new reefer containers to support its growth in the reefer container market. Last year it announced the new reefers, which it is leasing, will be fitted with Emerson’s RMM power-line remote monitoring modems, and that 4,000 of the containers will be new Star Cool integrated reefers from Maersk Container Industry.

Carrier Transicold, a part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has now announced that it will be supplying more than 2,400 Carrier Transicold PrimeLINE container refrigeration units, including 2,000 featuring EDGE energy-saving technology to Seatrade.

“The PrimeLINE units were selected for their reliability and performance as well as Carrier’s extensive support network,” said Gerben van Zwieten, global manager of container logistics at Seatrade, “Pulldown and temperature control, which tie to cargo quality, and power consumption were all taken into account through three live tests of all refrigeration systems.”

“We are pleased that following vigorous competitive trials, Seatrade is expanding its shipping operations with PrimeLINE units, which have a long-standing reputation for energy efficiency and a value proposition that includes high capacity, rapid pulldown, tight temperature control, high air-flow performance and excellent cost of ownership,” added Kartik Kumar, managing director, container refrigeration, Carrier Transicold.

The PrimeLINE units, installed primarily on 40-foot high-cube containers are being deployed in all trade routes served by Seatrade. “Those with EDGE technology were specified with optional water-cooled condensers to support the under-deck water-cooling system of Seatrade’s newest 2,200-TEU Colour Class vessels, the recently launched Seatrade Orange, Seatrade Red, Seatrade White and Seatrade Blue, and two more now in build,” Carrier stated.

Energy efficiency is shaping up as a battle ground between reefer suppliers, and Carrier claims its EDGE system improves efficiency by 20% over a standard PrimeLINE unit. “When enhanced with EDGE technology, the PrimeLINE unit provides the highest efficiency of all Carrier container units available today. The EDGE improvements include digital scroll compressor optimization, a two-speed condenser motor and refined evaporator fan geometry”.