maersk reefers

AP Møller-Maersk’s box building arm, Maersk Container Industry (MCI), has quit the dry container manufacturing sector to focus on the reefer market.

The Copenhagen-headquartered firm today explained that while the dry container manufacturing business had “been under considerable pressure for some time, reefer volumes continue to grow, due to global demand for fresh produce and other commodities”.

It will formally close its dry box manufacturing facility in Dongguan, China, which has lain idle since the start of December.

MCI chief executive Sean Fitzgerald ...

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