Container reefer capacity on the south-north trades has grown to be six times the size of the conventional reefer fleet, says Dutch analyst Dynamar.

It says annual refrigerated capacity of box services has grown to 9.22 billion cubic feet (cbf) compared to 1.42 billion cbf of the reefer fleet.

The trend is expected to continue, with the size of the reefer container fleet reaching 2.6