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Reefer industry out in force
The big talking point at the
Intermodal 2008 show in Hamburg
The reefer container industry was well represented at
last month was the possibility that
last month’s Intermodal 2008 exhibition in Hamburg,
China International Marine Con-
tainers (CIMC), the world’s biggest
with all four leading machinery manufacturers promot-
container manufacturer, may be in
the process of developing its own ing the energy saving features of their latest designs
reefer machine.
The rumours linked the Chi- (Secure, Green, Intelligent, Light) for over 20,000 of its energy- ing and strategic planning, Carrier
nese company’s name with com- container. efficient PrimeLINE reefer unit Global Container Refrigeration.
pressor and air conditioning sys- design in its first year of produc- Kumar added that sales of the
Carrier’s new SeaCare Solutions programme offers comprehensive refrigeration
tems manufacturer Denso Corpo- Energy efficiency tion. Featuring a Copeland digital company’s traditional ThinLINE,
service and support for both owned and leased equipment
ration of Japan and suggested that For their part, the world’s quartet scroll compressor and enhance- reciprocating compressor-
CIMC may be planning to fol- of reefer machinery manufacturers ments to the evaporator fan and equipped unit, as well as the monitors both supply and return the needs of shipping and leasing
low Maersk Container Industri - Carrier Transicold, Thermo King, stator, Carrier claims the EliteLINE design with a non-dig- air temperatures and on/off cycles companies that want to improve
(MCI)’s lead by offering a single Daikin Industries and MCI-Star PrimeLINE offers the lowest en- ital scroll, were also holding up the compressor to maintain the management of their operations
source reefer container and ma- Cool - used the Hamburg show to ergy consumption relative to other well and made up the remainder optimum cargo temperature, and reduce the overall costs and
chinery package. unveil a raft of new products and container refrigeration units, the of the close to 70,000 reefer ma- which in turn leads to further administrative burden related to
Any such move would clearly services and refinements of exist- best pull-down capacity and the chines sold by Carrier last year. energy cost savings and a reduc- long-term equipment care,” said
not be welcomed by the established ing designs. All four were intent on highest deep frozen capacity of any Carrier also reported that in- tion in emissions. Phil Laros, manager, Carrier Af-
machinery manufacturers and, for promoting the energy efficiency design running on the industry terest in its QUEST power-sav- eAutoFresh is Carrier’s version termarket Service Programs.
the time being at least, remains in and Total Cost of Ownership standard refrigerant R134a. ing mode and eAutoFresh on-de- of an automated, energy-efficient
the realm of speculation. For the (TCO) advantages of their respec- “Customer response to the mand ventilation system contin- alternative to the traditional prac- Plus points
first time ever, CIMC exhibited at tive designs, with each claiming the PrimeLINE unit is clearly indica- ues to grow. QUEST (Quality and tice of continuously ventilating The highlight of the Thermo King
the Intermodal 2008 show but of- high ground in this respect. tive of a trend towards solutions that Energy Efficiency in Storage and refrigerated containers to address stand at Intermodal 2008 was the
ficials declined to comment on the Carrier, the world’s largest reefer can reduce operating cost while si- Transport), developed in associa- cargo respiration issues. new Magnum Plus unit, the first
rumours, preferring to concentrate container machinery manufacturer multaneously reducing carbon tion with Wageningen University major new design launched by
on promoting the company’s latest with a market share of around 66%, footprint for shipping lines,” said in the Netherlands and Maersk Careful approach company since the groundbreaking
standard box innovation - the SGIL revealed that it had received orders Kartik Kumar, director of market- Line, is a software solution that Carrier also used the Intermodal Magnum was introduced in 2002.
show to launch SeaCare Global According to Dermot Crombie,
Container Solutions, which it de- vice president, Global Marine So-
scribes as “the container shipping lutions for Thermo King, when the
industry’s first worldwide pro- Magnum was launched six years
gramme for comprehensive refrig- ago, it reduced energy consump-
eration service and support.” tion by 28% compared to the then
SeaCare incorporates a pack- leading reefer system without com-
age of support programmes for prising cargo care and “it took five
both owned and leased equip- years for anything else on the mar-
ment, the key components of ket to come close to the Magnum’s
which are: Warranty Renewal to performance.
provide known M&R costs on “As the market recognised the
out-of-warranty container refrig- advantages of the Magnum, cus-
eration units; Service Contracts, tomers flocked to it,” Crombie
which add full M&R coverage to said. With a number of reefer les-
Warranty Renewal on equipment, sors, including TAL International,
including pre-trip inspections, Textainer, Beacon Intermodal and
consumables and parts replace- Capital Intermodal, opting for the
ment; Preventive Maintenance for Magnum design, Thermo King
PowerLINE gensets at scheduled received orders for close to 19,000
intervals, with centralised record units last year, up by over 20% on
keeping and reporting; and Ship the previous year’s performance.
Kit Management, which ensures “The new Magnum Plus raises
quick and cost-effective stocking the bar even further. In standard
and replacement of parts used to mode, it outperforms competitive
repair reefers at sea. units operating in power-saving
“Seacare Solutions provide an modes,” Crombie said. “There is no
exceptionally flexible response to other mode with Magnum Plus. It
Drewry study sees
steady reefer growth
Drewry Shipping Consultants’ lat- reefer fleet boasted more than
est annual report on the refriger- 4,500 vessels and capacity is pre-
ated cargo trade - Annual Reefer dicted to grow by 69% to 2.5B ft
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Market Review and Forecast 2009 - by 2013. By contrast, the report
predicts that world trade in per- shows that the fleet of specialised
ishable reefer cargo will grow to reefer vessels (greater than 100,000
215 mt by 2015, of which 109 mt ft
3
) stood at 789 vessels as at mid-
will be seaborne. 2008, providing 271M ft
3
of un-
The bulk of seaborne trade der-deck space. This represents a
will be carried in reefer contain- reduction of 12% in number of
ers, in part because specialised vessels and 9% in under-deck
reefer fleet capacity is limited and reefer capacity from its peak in
reducing, the report says. 1999.
“As a result of capacity limita- On current trends, the report
tions, the volume of cargo carried says, this reduction will continue
by the specialised reefer fleets is and it is estimated that the spe-
predicted to reduce from 35.5 mt cialised reefer fleet will drop to just
in 2007 to 32.0 mt in 2015,” said 642 vessels by January 2015.
Drewry managing director Nigel The report provides a compre-
Gardiner. “Newbuild orders of hensive breakdown of the world
specialised reefer vessels remain trade in perishable reefer cargo by
scarce. Of the top six operators commodity, showing that total
who dominate this sector, only cargoes reached 153 mt in 2007,
two have newbuildings in the having increased from 114 mt in
pipeline meaning that only 16 2000 - a compound annual
vessels are planned for delivery growth rate of 4.2%. The fastest
between 2009 and 2014.” growing commodity was the
The report says that rationali- “exotics” group - pineapples,
sation has continued over the last kiwifruit and avocados.
year amongst reefer fleets with Annual Reefer Market Review
some notable companies leaving and Forecast 2009 is available from:
the specialised sector. Clearly there Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd,
is a capacity problem for special- Drewry House, Meridian Gate, 213
ised vessels, whereas reefer con- Marsh Wall, London E14 9FJ. Tel-
tainers have a real business oppor- ephone: +44 (0)20 7538 0191. E-
tunity if the former cannot bridge mail: puszet@drewry.co.uk. Price
the capacity gap. £1,290 for print and PDF versions
By mid-2008, the container or £1,195 for PDF only.
36 January 2009
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