Seatrade, the world's largest reefer ship operator, goes containers

30/01/2017

Seatrade has expanded its use of container vessels on its Fast Direct Dedicated (FDD) service between Europe and New Zealand, adding another nail to the coffin of its aging conventional reefer fleet.

The Meridian service launched on 9 January on a Rotterdam-Dunkirk-Radicatel-Papeete-Noumea-Nelson-Napier-Tauranga-Callao-Paita-Philadelphia-Zeebrugge-Tilbury-Rotterdam rotation.

Cutting out transhipment ports, ...

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