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World’s Largest Container Shipping Line Invests
in Carrier’s Natural Refrigerant Container Units
Striving to further reduce the environmental
impact of its global shipping operations, Maersk
Line, the world’s largest container shipping
line, has ordered the first 100 of a total of 200
refrigerated containers to be chilled by Carrier
Transicold’s NaturaLINE® natural-refrigerant
based system. Carrier Transicold is a part of UTC
Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United
Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
Carrier Transicold’s highly efficient NaturaLINE is
the first container refrigeration system to use the
natural refrigerant carbon dioxide (CO2), which
is a safe and non-ozone depleting gas with a
global warming potential (GWP) of one. There is
no additional global warming impact resulting
from any potential refrigerant leaks, as is the case
with traditional systems, since the NaturaLINE
unit uses carbon dioxide repurposed from
outdoor air. It is also unaffected by phase downs
of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants and is
relatively inexpensive. It is classified as A1 for
low toxicity and no flame propagation.
“To meet our sustainability goals and stay ahead
of the new EU legislation, Maersk Line is keen to
carefully evaluate all alternatives to the current
synthetic refrigerants,” says Ingrid Uppelschoten-
Snelderwaard, head of global equipment, Maersk
Line. “The NaturaLINE system is an advanced
technology with interesting potential for reefers.
We chose it after laboratory testing of the
unit’s performance with perishable and frozen
commodities and look forward to gaining further
operational experience with the system.”
The NaturaLINE units are being installed on
40-foot high-cube containers with anticipated
delivery in the first quarter. Maersk Line will
initially deploy the units on closed-loop routes
between Europe and the Americas. Crew and
landside training on unit operation and service is
already underway.
Maersk Line is the world’s largest container
shipping company, known for reliable, flexible
and eco-efficient services that provide ocean
transportation in all parts of the world. With a fleet
of 260,000 refrigerated containers, Maersk Line
has