Sunswap has announced an agreement with logistics company DFDS to deploy a Sunswap transport refrigeration unit (TRU) into their fleet in early 2022, following which an order for production units is expected to be confirmed.
After a successful investment round at the start of the year, Sunswap has been engaging with key stakeholders in the industry in order to bring their cost-effective, zero-emission TRU products to market. The deal with DFDS, Northern Europe’s largest shipping and logistics company, is a significant step in the firm’s mission to support the transition away from diesel TRUs and decarbonise the cold chain.
This aligns with DFDS’s corporate social responsibility strategy to invest in innovative, sustainable technology that reduces pollution, waste and noise in the communities in which they operate. In September 2020, DFDS launched a climate action plan to become carbon neutral by 2050. TRUs are used across the world, in particular by supermarkets and logistics companies, to transport essential resources such as vaccines and chilled produce.
The deployment will involve DFDS using Sunswap’s zero-emission TRU on UK roads in February 2022. The demonstrator will be used to transport real-world produce for DFDS, so that they can road test a green alternative for their current fleet. Following a successful deployment DFDS will confirm an agreed pre-order.
