Hapag Lloyd orders 7,700 new reefer containers as demand grows

Hapag-Lloyd is buying 7,700 new reefer containers, with part of the order seemingly with Maersk’s reefer manufacturing subsidiary, Maersk Container Industry (MCI).

The German carrier said 1,000 units would be manufactured at a facility (pictured above) in the Chilean port of San Antonio – where MCI began producing reefer units in May 2015.

Hapag said in a statement: “For the first time, 1,000 of the new 40ft containers will be manufactured in a plant in San Antonio, Chile, a region in which they are in high demand. ...