Our voyage of innovation: Reshaping global maritime logistics

AELER, a company focused on sustainable solutions in the supply chain industry, prioritises ecological impact in its decision-making processes. One of its main innovations, the Unit One container, aligns with the European Green Deal goals and contributes to greenhouse gas emissions reduction. It achieves this through modal shift facilitation, drag reduction, increased payload capacity, reduction of single-use materials, waste reduction, and end-of-life considerations. The Unit One container provides accurate traceability, which is crucial for verifying sustainability claims, reducing overproduction, and addressing issues like food waste. The structural innovation of the container reduces reliance on flexibags, minimises waste, and decreases emissions throughout its lifecycle.

Shipping liquids in flexitanks is seen as a key target market for Swiss logistics technology firm AELER.

Six decades ago, containerisation brought efficiency to global shipping through standardisation. But that doesn’t mean nothing ever changes. Felicity Landon reports on Lausanne-based Aeler Technologies’ new take on the container, the UNIT ONE