Thinking inside the box

Sustainable solutions in the maritime industry come in various forms, but they share one thing. Implementation has to be as easy as possible. Sometimes companies use the most accepted shape in shipping for their products: the intermodal container. A shape people in the maritime industry know how to handle. A container can be transported on a ship and with a truck. It can also stand-alone on the quay. The following article presents sustainable solutions that have the shape of a container.

The journey towards a sustainable world stands or falls with the energy transition. At the moment fossil fuels make the world go around. One of the steps in that energy transition is the Skoonbox, swappable battery pack in the form of a 20-foot container. This is an initiative of Skoon Energy. The company manages an infrastructure of standard-size battery containers and strategically located charging hubs with 100 per cent green energy supply. The network is for mobile and temporary applications.