Fresh Del Monte Produce reduces their vessel emission by 10 percent

Coral Gables, Florida - Fresh Del Monte Produce, one of the world’s leading producers, marketers, and distributors of fresh fruit and vegetables, added six new energy efficient reefer container vessels to its fleet. The addition of the new vessels named – Del Monte Rose, Del Monte Gold, Del Monte Harvester, Del Monte Valiant, Del Monte Spirit and Del Monte Pride presents that the company continues to fulfill its commitment regarding creation of positive impact on the environment.  

Helmuth Lutty, Senior Vice President of Shipping Operations for Fresh Del Monte Produce, said, “We have been working towards this goal since 2017 and could not be more excited to see it come to fruition. By these six new vessels, we have set a bar even higher for all the reefer containers and ships in our fleet, which allows us to deliver high quality fresh fruits and vegetables in line with our sustainable development goals.”

Each vessel meets the most stringent emission control regulation and have a full cargo capacity of 1,276 TEU with 634 plugs for forty-foot high cube reefer containers. Given the perishable nature of fresh fruits and vegetables, air-cooled containers will keep cargo at specific temperatures, traveling in reefer mode with multiple temperature conditions from -25C to 40C.

Hans Sauter, Chief Sustainability Officer of the company added: “Today, shipping accounts for the largest portion of our global energy use. In 2018, we committed to lead by example and reduce our vessel emission by 10 percent. With the addition of these six new container vessels we are well on our way, estimating a savings of nearly 19 thousand metric tons of fuel each year.”

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. is one of the leading vertically integrated producers, marketers and distributors of high quality fresh and fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, and a leading producer and distributor of prepared food in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

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