News / Orbcomm reefer tracker technology boosts ‘Move to -15°C’ campaign

Orbcomm's dry container monitoring solution

Orbcomm, a company which manufactures tracking devices for reefer containers, has joined with the ‘Move to -15°C’ campaign, hoping to raise global cold-chain temperatures.

The initiative plans to bring up the temperature of road- and sea-going reefer containers from a consensus of -18°C to that of -15°C, which Move to -15°C claims can cut CO2 emissions by around 17.7m metric tonnnes, a saving comparable to emissions saved during one day of pandemic lockdowns.

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