Having experienced almost exponential sales growth, Maersk Container Industry (MCI) has announced that it has produced number 100,000 of its Star Cool refrigeration containers.
The company attributed this increase in production to unabated demand for frozen and chilled foods, and an acute need for energy savings in global transportation.
With the 50,000th Star Cool unit having been produced just over a year ago, Chief Commercial Officer at MCI, Soren Leth Johannsen, commented that the company's focus on energy savings was clearly the right way to go.
"Bunker fuel prices have more than doubled since 2005 so we can help customers offset part of the additional bunker cost," he added.
Meanwhile, MCI is continuing its research and development in Tinglev, Denmark.
Johannsen confirmed that the company has more innovation on the way that is intended to make global trade ever more efficient, noting that "MCI's controlled atmosphere, for example, now lets customers increase transportation time in some cases from 30 to 45 days without compromising quality."