Global shipping brand Evergreen Line has begun equipping its dry container fleet with smart container technology supplied by Orbcomm.
The technology implementation aims to provide advanced charging monitoring features, including real-time alerts for door openings, temperature changes, electric shock incidents, and detailed location tracking.
These digital features are intended to improve cargo security, support safe operations and enable shipping lines to build a “more sustainable and optimized supply chain,” Orbcomm said.
Orbcomm CEO Sameer Agrawal said: “This move signals a broader shift in the maritime industry where dry containers are rapidly evolving from static assets to smart, connected and intelligent units.”
He added that the company “has enabled more than one million smart containers to date.”
The final phase of this technology implementation will utilize Orbcomm’s second-generation smart dry container system.
This version introduces additional security and charge integrity sensors and is designed to support longer trips and extended device life.
Orbcomm said the technology is designed to maintain consistent performance over time and delivers “lower” total cost of ownership (TCO) and “higher” return on investment (ROI) to shipping lines.
“Smart intermodal containers are no longer experimental: they are becoming the new standard.
“Deployments are moving beyond visibility to cargo protection and container security. This evolution reflects the industry’s growing demand for real-time data, greater cargo protection and operational transparency across the global supply chain,” Agrawal said.
Orbcomm operates in the industrial IoT sector, connecting a variety of assets across marine, road transport and temperature-controlled fleets.
According to the company, it has more than 2.4 million connected devices worldwide.
In March this year, Orbcomm revealed that Folk Maritime Services Company will deploy its intelligent container monitoring technology across its entire container fleet to improve supply chain visibility and cargo security.
“Evergreen Line Adopts Orbcomm Smart Dry Container Technology” was originally created and published by Ship Technology, a brand owned by GlobalData.
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