MSC adding 5,000 Star Cool reefers with CA
NewsMSC, which accounted for more than 1.8M TEU of reefer container shipments in 2019, is adding more than 5,000 Star Cool units with controlled...
Reefer machinery makers back on track
NewsRefrigerated container demand has improved markedly in 2010, reviving the fortunes of the four established producers of reefer machinery....
Reefer manufacturers regain lost ground
NewsAfter dipping significantly last year, integral reefer production has picked up in the first half of 2010 and manufacturers expect to be eve...
Green wind of change blows at MCIQ
NewsMCI Qingdao has become the first reefer container manufacturer in China to replace HCFC 141b with an environment-friendly foam blowing techn...
Reefer builders riding the storm
NewsReefer container output tumbled in 2009, but the prospects for 2010 are looking better....
Bitzer reciprocates in compressor debate
NewsIn the June 2009 issue of WorldCargo News (p30), the advantages of digital scroll compressors in reefer container applications were outlined...
CIMC launches Ultra-Liner reefer
NewsChina International Marine Containers (CIMC) has launched a new 40ft lightweight steel reefer container design aimed particularly at shipper...
Maersk Climate Box takes to the streets
NewsIn the run-up to the United Nations COP15 Climate Change Conference being held in Copenhagen on 7-18 December, Maersk Line is taking the cli...
Reefer output holds up
NewsAlthough production is running at below 50% of the level achieved in 2007-2008, demand for reefer containers is proving more resilient than ...
Dry freight box builders under the cosh
NewsThe past year has been disastrous for the world’s dry freight box building industry, with production falling to virtually nothing and many...
New composite container floor
NewsMaersk Container Industri (MCI) and Swedish forest products group VIDA have developed a new composite flooring material aimed at replacing h...
Machinery makers riding out the storm
NewsAlthough the demand for reefer machinery has dipped sharply in 2009, all four leading producers remain optimistic about their future prospec...
Reefer manufacturers down but not out
NewsThe global economic downturn has cut reefer container output by around 50% in 2009 and finished prices have plummeted to an all-time low....
New reefer container for fruit shippers
NewsA new 40ft x 8ft 6in high muffler grade stainless steel-clad reefer container has been developed by Maersk Container Industri (MCI) to meet ...
Reefer production holding steady
NewsDemand for standard dry freight containers may have hit the buffers last year in the wake of the global economic downturn, but reefer produc...