Lelystad, Netherlands: Amex and Baas Warehousing, two Dutch operators, are the first in the country to take Krone’s Celsineo refrigeration system.
Krone delivered the trailers to Amex in Lelystad and Baas Warehousing and Transport in Bunschoten.
Both companies are long-term Krone customers. Amex has a fleet of 40 trailers and operates a coldstore. The trailers have a double loading platform. Amex uses the new Krone Duoplex refrigerated trailer for its deliveries to France.
“There, we mainly arrive in the northern half in or around the larger cities,” says Jaap Wisse, owner of Amex. Amex is convinced that Krone and Liebherr have done a good job in preparing the new Celsineo refrigeration machine.
Krone is also the trailer of choice at P Baas. The family-owned company has been in business for 106 years and carries the name “Royal.” It has a fleet of 25 tractor units, which are used to handle most distribution tasks within a radius of around 350km around the company.
“The share of refrigerated transport has increased significantly in recent years, and Krone has grown with us, so to speak. What we like about Krone is the relatively fast delivery of trailers and the whole after-sales service around it,” Henk Vedder, managing director, P Baas, said.
“The new Celsineo refrigeration unit is part of the whole package. We are convinced that Celsineo will be the future of refrigerated transport,” he said.
“In recent years, warehousing activities have become more important. We have 8,000 pallet spaces and another 22,000 spaces in the near future in our fully automated cold storage.”
The Celsineo modular refrigeration unit is a Krone and Liebherr development and has three refrigeration modules that can all be individually controlled. This results in more precise control of the temperature in the loading area, Krone says.
Uninterrupted cooling is ensured by simultaneous cooling and defrosting. The system covers numerous application areas, making the overall trailer system even more versatile. Krone Nederland expects to deliver many more such machines on its Duoplex refrigerated trailer in the near future.
Pictured above are (left to right): Theo Noortman, Amex; John Zeller, Krone; Henk Vedder, owner Baas; Vincent Vedder, Baas
