Major Japanese buying and selling home Sumitomo Corporation is ready to introduce new container know-how that retains perishable meals contemporary for an extended time. The innovation is well timed as many transport corporations are taking prolonged diversions to keep away from the Red Sea attributable to assaults on vessels.

The know-how creates an electrical subject inside temperature-controlled containers, inflicting water molecules within the meals to maneuver which slows down the method of decay.

Sumitomo says transportation instances might be doubled and even tripled for a lot of foodstuffs. A significant Japanese meat packer has determined to make use of the brand new service to import pork from Spain.

Sumitomo plans to tie up with Hong Kong-based transport agency Orient Overseas Container Line for what it says is the world’s first business utility of the know-how.

The Japanese firm additionally says the service may also help curb rising transport prices.