Sustainable, Refrigerated Shipping For Goods Big And Small
The shipping industry has long had logistic challenges in the form of perishable goods. In recent weeks, the world's second largest container shipping company and a popular e-commerce grocery service have both found sustainable solutions.
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed a contract to lease 2,000 cube refrigerators containers from SeaCube Containers that are 40-feet high and outfitted with Carrier Transicold's natural refrigerant-based NaturaLINE refrigeration system. This system from NaturaLINE helps to protect the environment by using repurposed CO2, proven to be the refrigerant with the lowest global warming potential (GWP) out of all container refrigerants that are currently in use.
As typical shipping containers are made of durable steel that lasts an average of 2...