In a continuous effort to meet customer demands, Maersk Sealand has assisted in developing one of the world''s leading reefer technology. Some examples of value-adding innovations are the Magnum containers, the Super Freezer containers and the Blast Freezer units.
The Magnum containers were introduced this year to Maersk Sealand's fleet. The unit has been developed with the seafood industry in mind. It can maintain temperatures as low as - 35ºC/- 31ºF and a number of fatty fish and shell fish species are benefiting from the lower carriage temperature. Some examples are salmon, mackerel, shrimp and oyster.
Further, Maersk Sealand has developed the Super Freezer container specifically for transporting ultra low temperature cargo. It is able to maintain temperatures as low as -60°C/-76°F, which makes it an ideal solution for the carriage of frozen fish into the Japanese sushi and sashimi market. The cargo can be loaded processed, as fillets, or as whole fish.
The Super Freezer container offers limited re-handling of the product, which ensures optimal quality at destination. The products can be shipped in smaller quantities, compared with refrigerated vessels, yielding a higher market price and improved cash flow. And finally, you are able to reduce cold-storage costs and benefit from an extended season, because less cargo is required to make a shipment.
In order to be able to freeze fish to ultra low temperatures, Maersk Sealand has developed the Blast Freezer unit. This is a portable, flexible and economical solution to freezing fresh seafood products wherever it is required. This special unit is capable of freezing seven tons of fresh fish from a temperature of maximum 30°C/86°F down to -60°C/-76°F. This can be done within 24 hours at an ambient temperature of maximum 35°C/95°F.
The size of the Blast Freezer unit (the same as a 40' High Cube reefer) allows easy positioning to areas where freezing capabilities are needed. After freezing the cargo down to the required temperature, the fish is transferred into a Super Freezer container for direct delivery to the final destination. A Blast Freezer unit can be delivered with a power pack and an external fuel tank, making the equipment completely self-sustaining.
Maersk Sealand
As early as 1928 A.P. Møller established a cargo liner service under the name of Maersk Line. Today, Maersk Sealand is one of the largest liner shipping companies in the world, serving customers all over the globe.
More than 250 container vessels and 800,000 containers ensure a reliable and comprehensive worldwide coverage. Operating its own feeder vessels, as well as trucks and dedicated trains, allow Maersk Sealand to offer a unique concept of door-to-door services.
Advanced EDP systems ensure timely availability of cargo documents and provide customers with accurate round-the-clock, on-line information on the position of any given cargo anywhere in the world. Maersk Sealand serves its customers through a network of its own offices in more than 100 countries, which secures consistently excellent service to customers in all corners of the world.
Maersk Sealand's global reefer organisation Maersk Sealand has been present in the refrigerated transport industry since 1936, and today is one of the largest carriers of refrigerated cargo in the world.
To maintain this position, Maersk Sealand has a reefer team of dedicated reefer specialists around the globe. Technical sales staff provides all necessary assistance including recommended temperatures, ideal stowage patterns and optimum treatment of products prior to shipment.
Reefer technicians at the terminals and on board the vessels ensure that the containers are monitored 24 hours a day.
Maersk Sealand will be at ESE/SPE 2004 - Hall 4, Stand Number 5225.
