Cold chain depot opened by Active CC Boxes in Europe
Mainzer Kühlhaus und Transportgesellschaft has agreed to act as the European depot
Active CC Boxes has opened a cold chain depot near Frankfurt, Germany to handle its Kodiak reusable shipping containers, significantly reducing the transportation costs for the containers. German storage company Mainzer Kühlhaus und Transportgesellschaft has agreed to act as the European depot for Active CC Boxes.
Active CC, which operates a cold chain depot system, established a depot in North Brunswick, NJ, USA in 2009 from which it ships containers to international locations, including The People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Ireland, and Germany.
Prior to the establishment of the Frankfurt depot all the containers were returned to the New Jersey depot. However, with the opening of the European depot, the reusable cold chain containers shipped from the US to Europe will be returned to the Kuhlhaus Mainzer depot, saving customers significant return logistics costs.
The European depot will allow European companies to use the Kodiak cold chain containers to ship from Europe to the US without having to pay to return the containers to Europe. This will open up a totally new, lower cost option for European companies to ship temperature sensitive products to the US, says the company. The European depot will also make containers available for cold chain shipping from Europe to the Middle East, Western Russia, and Africa.
Active CC Boxes plans to open additional cold chain depots to extend the system to satisfy the demands for high traffic shipping lanes.
The Kodiak container is a rugged, reusable, sustainable shipping container that provides temperature control for up to five days (120 hours). It is a sustainable package since it is used many times and does not contribute to the growth of landfills, which is a problem with most one-way shipping packages.
