Cool Carriers takes delivery of first unit in new reefer ship series

Cyprus-based Cool Carriers has taken delivery of a new reefer container vessel built by Japan's Kitanihon Shipbuilding.

Snow Flower is the first ship in a new series of container vessels to be ordered by Cool Carriers from the same builder.

Each vessel in the series is designed to safely carry 5,000 high-cube pallets of perishable fruit, along with up to 168 reefer containers, at a service speed of 18 knots. Two vessels have capacities of over 630,000 cubic feet (18,000 cubic metres), while five have capacities of 660,000 cubic feet (19,000 cubic metres).