Altrincham, UK: Cartwright Europe has launched a fridge trailer for the air cargo market in continental Europe.
The company’s entry into the FNA air cargo fridge market was shown to operators, representatives from sectors including pharmaceutical and engineering.
The launch event was a collaboration with Cartwright’s new partner in the Benelux, Burgers Carrosserie.
Cartwright engineers spent nine months developing the fridge trailer to provide an alternative to the air cargo industry in the Benelux region.
Cartwright has collaborated with Burgers, a family owned trailer manufacturer in the Netherlands which delivers custom-made bodywork and is the largest double-deck trailer supplier in Europe.
Cartwright’s trailer has a 15-tonne kingpin. Internal panels are designed and manufactured by Cartwright to achieve an internal width of 2.495m. The fridge trailer can accommodate 33 Euro pallets or 2 x 3000 mm high and 2 x 2,900 mm high Air Cargo pallets. The trailer can carry various products including pharmaceuticals, general freight and different configuration air cargo pallets.
Jeroen Kusters, sales manager, Cartwright Europe, said: “We have identified that there is a need for a new player in the sector and we believe this new Cartwright fridge trailer can fill this gap in the market.
“This trailer can carry almost anything and because it is destined to be air cargo it will usually be expensive items or goods needing to be sent to their destination as quickly as possible.
“We already have a demonstration trailer of the new air cargo fridge product which is currently being shown to prospective customers in the Benelux region.
“Our next step this year will be to demonstrate the fridge trailer in Germany where we believe there is great potential for this new trailer,” he added.
