NEW TECH CAN KEEP PERISHABLE FOOD FRESH FOR LONGER生鮮食品の海上輸送に新技術

Major Japanese trading house Sumitomo is set to introduce new container technology that keeps perishable food fresh for a longer time.
The innovation is timely, as many shipping firms are taking lengthy diversions to avoid the Red Sea due to attacks on vessels.
The technology creates an electric field inside temperature-controlled containers.
That causes water molecules in the food to move and slows down the process of decay.
Sumitomo says transportation times can be doubled or even tripled for many foodstuffs.
Sumitomo plans to tie up with Hong Kong-based shipping firm Orient Overseas Container Line for the world's first commercial application of the technology.
The Japanese company also says the service can help curb rising shipping costs.

◆perishable 　腐りやすい、傷みやすい、日持ちのしない  

◆molecule　分子

◆commercial application 　商業的応用、商用化 

◆curb　（上昇を）抑制する、抑える 

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