CHEREAU working on solar/battery powered reefer trailer

Cilsa, the company that manages the Port of Barcelona’s intermodal logistics zone (ZAL Port), has begun installing the 91,692 m2 roof of the Decathlon warehouse with 8.2Mwp of solar panel capacity

Sodium-ion-based batteries are widely considered to be the next step for EVs. Lithium is becoming scarce and, according to the World Economic Forum, almost 50% of production is in areas with high water stress. Sodium, on the other hand, is the sixth most common element on earth, making up 2.6% of the earth’s crust.

Rochelle Park (New Jersey)-based Orbcomm Inc has launched a new solar-powered asset tracking device. It is targeted at companies with pools of trailers, intermodal containers and other transport assets, and allows the cost-effective monitoring of the equipment, increasing operational visibility of that equipment and helping improve its utilisation.

Thermo King has also developed a slimline unit for North America’s rail intermodal services sector that meets California’s strict carbon emissions regulations. It has introduced the ‘Advancer S-DRC’ machine as a replacement for its ‘SLXiDRC’ unit. It uses the company’s highly efficient S-Series engines.

Equipment ordered as part of a long-term collaboration with Sany and Konecranes includes electric reachstackers, container handlers, terminal tractors and straddle carriers.

Hong Kong International Terminals (HIT) has taken delivery of two new STS cranes with solar panels on the machinery house roof.