Fully-automatic reefer monitoring implemented in Hamburg terminal

The Port of Hamburg’s first fully-automatic system for monitoring reefer containers has been introduced at the C. Steinweg multi-purpose cargo handling facility in.

The system was developed and launched by Identec Solutions, specialists in wireless sensor and localisation applications.

Reefer containers are manually checked by staff at cargo handling terminals at specific intervals, usually of between four and eight hours, for normal functioning, temperature, humidity and other parameters.