Hamburg Sud Chooses Carrier Corp.'s PrimeLINE(R) Units to Improve Efficiency of Refrigerated Container Fleet

FARMINGTON, Conn., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hamburg Sud, one of the top five refrigerated container carriers worldwide, recently upgraded its fleet with 3,000 containers incorporating the industry's most energy efficient PrimeLINE® container refrigeration units from Carrier Corp., a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).

Seeking to qualify refrigeration units with the lowest cost of ownership, Hamburg Sud turned to Cambridge Refrigeration Technology, Cambridge, England, to conduct operational trials and laboratory tests on all refrigeration units and energy-saving software solutions on the market, according to Hamburg Sud's Martin Schoeler, deputy director, Logistics Technology.

"With the increase in fuel prices over much of the last two years, the industry changed a lot," Schoeler said, explaining that energy consumption issues "got more important from the cost side, from the environmental side and from the customer side, because they are looking at that in more detail."

"Carrier's PrimeLINE unit proved to be a superior model when it comes to efficiency compared to other manufacturers," Schoeler said, adding that with so much of Hamburg Sud's business dependent on refrigerated trade, total cost of ownership of refrigerated containers is especially important.

"When compared to the industry average, these 3,000 PrimeLINE units are expected to save enough energy over their life of operation to avoid approximately 70,000 tons of carbon emissions, equivalent to removing more than 1,000 cars from the road over the same period," said John Mandyck, Carrier's vice president for Sustainability & Environmental Strategies. "PrimeLINE is another example of Carrier's two-decade leadership with sustainable products and operations."

About Hamburg Sud

The Hamburg Sud Group ranks among the major providers of worldwide ocean transportation and individual, one-source logistics solutions tailored to customer needs. Hamburg Sud employs more than 4,700. It operates 146 ships and maintains a global inventory of some 349,000 containers in a wide array of sizes and configurations and strategically positioned to meet the regional and seasonal needs of its customers. Hamburg Sud is part of the successful Oetker Group, one of the largest and best-known family businesses in Germany.

About Carrier Corp.

Carrier Corp., headquartered in Farmington, Conn., is the world's largest provider of heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, with operations in more than 170 countries. Carrier is part of United Technologies Corp., a Hartford, Connecticut-based provider of products and services to the aerospace and building systems industries worldwide. Visit www.carrier.com for more information.

SOURCE Carrier Corp.