Carrier Refrigeration

NaturaLINE ® Adds Sustainable Choice to UNIT45 Offerings At the biennial Transport Logistic trade fair in May, more than 60,000 visitors from 123 countries had the opportunity to see container lessor UNIT45's latest innovation, a 45-foot "green" refrigerated container featuring the NaturaLINE ® unit from Carrier Transicold. Showcased in one of the main entrances of the Messe München hall in Munich, Germany, the new natural refrigerant container model was promoted by UNIT45 as the most environmentally sustainable offering in its refrigerated container lineup. The refrigerated container is designed for customers seeking alternatives to the use of synthetic refrigerants, which are being curtailed by European environmental regulations. Carrier Transicold's NaturaLINE unit is the world's only container refrigeration unit to use carbon dioxide (CO 2), a natural refrigerant with a global warming potential (GWP) of only 1, the baseline against which all other refrigerants are measured. "The trend is toward more environmentally sustainable products, especially with the phasedown of traditional refrigerants," said Jan Koolen, general manager of Rotterdam, Netherlands-based UNIT45. "Our customers, particularly those in stationary containers but also short sea carriers and logistics companies, are ready for green solutions that will present new business opportunities. We believe our new container featuring the NaturaLINE unit will appeal to them." The Intermodal Innovators UNIT45 was founded 15 years ago on the idea that the 45- foot pallet-wide shipping container is a perfectly sized universal transport vessel for intermodal applications throughout Europe. Virtually identical in volume to a conventional European refrigerated trailer, UNIT45 says its steel boxes are stronger and more versatile than those used for road, rail or waterway transport. Each UNIT45 container can hold 33 Euro pallets – the same as a refrigerated trailer. Plus, they provide the extra capacity necessary when used for cold storage by food distribution centers and supermarkets. ContainerLINE August 2017 | NaturaLINE ® UNIT45's new green reefer, as presented at Transport Logistic, uses a NaturaLINE refrigeration unit, low-GWP foam and environmentally sustainable waterborne coatings. " Our customers are ready for green solutions that will present new business opportunities. We believe the NaturaLINE unit will appeal to them." – Jan Koolen, UNIT45 Carrier Transicold's international key account manager, Kay Henze (right), discusses the merits of cooling with natural refrigerants with Jan Nouwen and Jan Koolen of UNIT45. 4

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