In order to adapt to the new trends of technological and industrial changes, COSCO SHIPPING has focused on accelerating the vision of building a world-class shipping technology enterprise, deeply integrating new technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), and empowering the high-quality development of the industrial and supply chains.

Our IoT technology was initially applied to reefer, which has high requirements for temperature and time:

Equipped with the Smart Solution IBOX REEFER, traditional reefer containers have become smart by adding remote real-time temperature control, location and opening/closing door monitoring as well as bidirectional communication to enhancing the safety and control of reefer cargo.

To extend the shelf-life of extremely sensible fresh goods like specific fruits, vegetables, flowers or mushrooms, we also provide gas-conditioned boxes and cold-treatment services with standardized procedures.

We now have 100,000+ refeers equipped with the third generation of IoT technology!

But we have also dry containers that can fulfil the needs of special or dangerous goods transportation. With IBOX DRY, we ensure the temperature inside the container will always be at 15-25 degrees Celsius, while we remotely monitor the various conditions of the cargo and receive warnings in case of abnormal events, increasing safety at sea.

When ships are sailing on the wide ocean, missing communication signals could break the chain of real-time remote monitoring. To guarantee 24/7 monitoring, we have developed an intelligent monitoring solution IBOX-VESSEL, which can transfer data in real-time from the container to the deck office and IBOX cloud platform, enabling carriers and cargo owners to control the status of reefer containers through the IBOX application platform.

To ensure the communication from ship to chain, we use air-sky integrated networks, geofencing and IoT technology to facilitate the resource planning and management of container logistics, which also provides strong support for the optimization of the shipping route.

A great proof for our technology to improving the freshness of South American fruits and vegetables can be found in our vessel "COSCO SHIPPING Brazil".

What can MY REEFER do for our customers?

In the current 3.0 version of the platform, which can be accessed by our website, customers can control the whole supply chain with a comprehensive view, including key information of the cold chain and tracking of even large scale projects such as multi-vessel voyages.

The MY REEFER platform integrates a variety of customised AI algorithms to precisely embed tracking in the supply chain, discover potential risks in advance and improve the operational efficiency, helping customers to optimise their inventory and flexibly adjust their distribution and sales plans.

For customs clearance, MY REEFER enables direct connection with Shanghai Customs, realizing paperless customs declaration and inspection of cold processing data, which greatly improves the customs clearance efficiency of fresh fruit importers.

And finally, MY REEFER establishes an equipment life cycle model via a new generation of algorithms to ensure the box is always in the best working condition, which helps to reduce carbon emissions throughout the year, equivalent to the amount of carbon emissions absorbed by 454 hectares of forests in a year.