Refrigerated containers

Shanghai port runs out of space for refrigerated containers

Stacks of refrigerated containers with Maersk and MSC logos on the side. The Port of Shanghai can't accommodate these containers anymore because of overcrowding.

Container vessel operators are preparing to divert refrigerated containers destined for Shanghai to other ports because the area to plug into electric power is full of cargo that trucks can’t retrieve in the face of a citywide COVID lockdown.

The notices to customers are the latest manifestation of how the strict restrictions on movement within the city are impacting imports and exports through the world’s largest container port and Pudong International Airport.

Authorities in Shanghai have...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shanghai-port-runs-out-of-space-for-refrigerated-containers

Port of Mobile ‘expects growth will remain constant’

The Port of Mobile in Alabama, boosted by a jump in refrigerated containers, reported a 34% year-over-year increase in cargo volume during the month of August.

Refrigerated containers posted a 37% year-over-year increase as more goods were shipped to Mobile as part of the global cold cargo supply chain. 

The port also recently added Asian vessel calls as more shippers seek uncongested gateways servicing North American markets such as Memphis, Tennessee, and Chicago, Beth Branch, chief commercial...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-mobile-expects-growth-will-remain-constant

GSCW chat recap: Reefer container market stays hot

Greg Tuthill, chief commercial officer of SeaCube Containers, discusses the market for refrigerated shipping containers during the FreightWaves Global Supply Chain Week

This fireside chat recap is from Day 3 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 3 focuses on food and CPG.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The market for refrigerated shipping containers

DETAILS: Greg Tuthill, chief commercial officer of SeaCube Containers, sits down with FreightWaves Executive Publisher Kevin Hill. The market for refrigerated shipping containers has held up during the pandemic. Beyond COVID, Tuthill explains what will drive demand for reefer containers going forward, including the...

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Ag exporters grapple with COVID, trade war, political unknowns

farm agriculture exports pork

It’s a recipe for trouble: COVID disruptions are pulling refrigerated containers away from food production areas. Twice this year, outbreaks stymied U.S. food shipments to China. Tariffs are still taking a bite out of ag sales. Trade tensions with China remain high. Trade negotiations with the EU are intensifying. And the presidential election could reset the entire equation in less than two weeks.

To put the myriad issues faced by U.S. food exporters in perspective, FreightWaves interviewed...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/food-shippers-grapple-with-covid-trade-war-political-unknowns

FreightWaves Flashback 1955: Frozen food without refrigeration

The many industries that make up the world of freight have undergone tremendous change over the past several decades. Each Friday, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.

The following is an excerpt from the September 1955 edition of the Jacksonville Seafarer.

Florida’s huge frozen food and fruit concentrate industries have more than a passing interest in a...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/freightwaves-flashback-1955-frozen-food-without-refrigeration

Triton aids Doctors Without Borders with branded reefer containers

Triton International Ltd. (NYSE: TRTN) has launched special edition refrigerated containers as intermodal billboards to support the work of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). 

Triton is asking anyone who spots the special containers on ships, trucks, railways or docks to snap photos and post them with the hashtag #Triton4MSF to LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Triton will donate $100 to MSF for every original photo posted and tagged up to a maximum of $50,000 per...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/triton-aids-doctors-without-borders-with-branded-reefer-containers

Protecting reefer containers from premature wear

International shippers of fresh fruits, vegetables, seafoods and meats take great pride in the quality and appearance of their products. Similarly, they expect the first thing that arrives at their loading docks by truck, as well as their customers’ location — the refrigerated ocean containers — to look just as fresh.

Food producers undoubtedly become uneasy when loading their products into reefer containers blemished by rusted steel framing, said Steven Blust, president of the Washington-based I...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/protecting-reefer-containers-from-premature-wear

CMA CGM transports Summer’s “cool” products

  • CMA CGM transports 30 million liters of ice cream, 12 billion bananas, 900 million pineapples and 2.5 billion kiwifruits around the world each year
  • CMA CGM draws on its Reefer expertise to preserve the taste qualities of fresh products

Ice cream, bananas, pineapples or kiwifruits: so many fresh products to satisfy the taste buds of young and old during the Summer season. The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, recalls its role in the transport of these flagship Summer...

https://container-news.com/cma-cgm-transports-summer-cool-products/

Hapag-Lloyd places huge reefer order

Hapag-Lloyd has placed a record order for the refrigerated containers known as “reefers”. Production of 970 20-foot containers and 12,450 40-foot containers is already scheduled to commence as early as July. Delivery of the refrigerated containers, which have traditionally been white as opposed to Hapag-Lloyd’s orange standard containers, is set for November 2019 – or right in time for reefer season, as that is when harvest season begins in countries in the southern hemisphere. It will...

https://container-news.com/hapag-lloyd-places-huge-reefer-order/

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