The Association of International Shipping Lines (AISL) has turned over two refrigerated containers for the government’s “Palamigan ng Bayan” project that aims to help the agriculture sector preserve the quality of their farm produce.
The two refrigerated containers, or reefers, will be used in Romblon and adds to the current 11 reefers already deployed in various areas in the country through the project.
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The distribution of reefers is an initiative of the Department of Transportation, which started with the donation of a reefer container to Bohol in 2018.
The reefers are intended to help the agriculture sector preserve the quality of their farm produce and gain better market access. It is also aimed to boost the government’s efforts to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus disease pandemic. Reefers are an intermodal container used in intermodal freight transport that is refrigerated for the transportation of temperature-sensitive cargo.
The other reefers were deployed to Bataan, Cebu, Aurora, Bohol, Cagayan, Iloilo, and Leyte.
AISL is an organization of international shipping lines calling Philippine ports.
