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next year. and NYK Reefers taking a 50% share of LauritzenCool Logistics. solutions at competitive prices. LauritzenCool AB and NYK Reefers Ltd. tonnage sharing agreement with effect from January 1st 2004. service to the customers. vessels between 375f-760f cubic feet. maintaining an independent reefer operation. LauritzenCool AB and NYK Reefers Ltd. wholly owned subsidiary of LauritzenCool AB. to growers and exporters as well as importers and retailers. cool chain. enhance the return to our ship owning partners. LauritzenCool Logistics as a company. Mr. efficient and flexible service to our valued customers. NYKLs strategy being a logistics mega carrier. partner in this area. Mr. that this marks an important step in the development of the company. our customers.

Due to significant increase in trade with primary fruit receivers in the UK, LCL has formed a joint venture company with George Hammond PLC, LCL UK & Eire Ltd. LCL supplies logistics services to exporters and producers of fresh fruit. Dover-based Hammond have a long association with the liner services operated by LauritzenCool out of South America, both as stevedore and agent, with offices established at Sheerness and Dover. Commenting on this development, Brian Madderson – Managing Director of George Hammond PLC - said “we recognise the importance of value added services to the global perishable trade and are delighted to have this opportunity to work in partnership with LCL who are now leaders in this specialised field”.

The building of the global LCL network now continues with the opening of LauritzenCool Logistics activities in Tunis. SOCOTU (Societe Commerciale Tunisienne) will offer integrated logistic services for the export of Tunisian fruit, fresh produce and frozen foods, as well as the import of perishable foodstuffs to the area from producing countries worldwide. With the opening of new offices in Morocco, Spain and Portugal during 2005 the LCL office network covers more and more countries in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia with a strong focus on the main producing and receiving areas of fresh fruit and produce.Due to the strong position of road haulage in the distribution of fruit and produce in particular from Tunisia to its main European markets…

Commission to merge their reefer activities. owned on a 50/50 basis by NYK Reefers and J. various sizes, in all major reefer trades. year when J. agreement launched in January 2004. companies’ activities match each other as pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. J. Lauritzen and Mr. office. customers as earlier. adjustments as the merger progresses. merged operations up and running at an optimum”, says Jansson. Mr. Jansson affirms. modern treatment facilities such as controlled atmosphere, CA. and to develop new logistics and transport concepts. belief in the future of this business. strength such as NYK LauritzenCool,” Mr. Jansson concludes.

Leif Höegh & Co. Navigation Inc. to Frigo Navigation Ltd. on private terms. Navigation Inc. Korcula. cbft. Transfer of the shares in Lady Navigation Inc. segment. J.Lauritzen in 2000. reefers that continued to be commercially operated by LauritzenCool. owners during the third quarter. exit. Our strategy is to focus on Ro/Ro and LNG business.

The eight Polar vessels managed by Hamburg Sued will join the LauritzenCool fleet in December and January, including: Polar Argentina, Polar Brasil, Polar Chile, Polar Colombia, Polar Ecuador and Polar Uruguay, which were all built in 1992-93 and operate at a speed of 21 knots. Each also offers 529,369 cu. ft.; and 47 FEU on deck. Also joining the fleet are Polarstern and Polarlicht, both built in 1998 and offering 564,280 cu. ft. and 104 FEU on deck. These two also operate at 21 knots. LauritzenCool sprang out of the amalgamation of the two leading reefer operators Lauritzen Reefers and Cool Carriers, well known for their widespread global activities and strong customer orientation.

Computer simulations and tests have been carried out by LauritzenCool and York Marine AB to confirm the suitability to distribute air in refrigerated cargo holds without gratings. The investigated grating-less concept was confirmed successful by full-scale transports of bananas in a regular service over a period of half a year from Central America to Europe. The work has given valuable information in developing formulas and algorithms to design safe systems for grating-less holds in refrigerated ships. The project started in 1994 with laboratory work at ABB Ventilation Products to find criteria for the rate of cooling of bananas on single pallets. Soon, tests moved on to trials to determine the rate of cooling and temperature gradients in several pallets of bananas and citrus.