Reefer control for Tokyo

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has installed an automatic temperature monitoring system for reefer containers at the Tokyo International Container Terminal.

Port Strategy: MOL has improved cold container monitoring. Credit: Luis Miguel Orta Rial

The system transmits the information along the same power lines that supply electricity to the reefer containers, and provides a 24hr check.

Previous similar systems had suffered from interference, a problem that has now been overcome.