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How cargo survey for refrigerated and frozen cargoes works

Shipping and Freight Resource

Cargo that must be loaded, maintained and or carried at a particular temperature for it to arrive its destination without deterioration is classified under refrigerated cargoes. Transportation is done exclusively in either refrigerated containers, conventional refrigerated ships and even by air carriage. This would include: .

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Embracing the Chill: How the Consumer Shift from Fresh to Frozen Effects Cold Chain Transportation

Blue Grace Logistics

Limited storage has presented opportunities for transportation providers to further partnerships and deploy additional resources. Advanced refrigeration systems, real-time temperature monitoring, and data analytics are now critical for ensuring that frozen products remain at the optimal temperature throughout transit.

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Cold Storage Warehouse Fire Safety

Logistics Business Magazine

While it may seem counterintuitive that fire is even a risk in spaces designed to maintain cold temperatures, cold storage in fact presents a huge fire hazard for warehouse designers and builders, life safety installation companies and facility owners. So as the demand for refrigerated products grows, so does the need for better fire safety.

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7 Ways You Can Reduce Cost of Imports

Globalior

Even if they are correct, savings opportunities may present themselves by doing tariff engineering. Also, contracts between businesses and freight carriers have to clearly state transportation requirements, so that traders do not end up paying for a carrier using refrigerated containers when standard ambient containers will do.

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London leads way in making greener logistics a reality

247 Customs Broker

As we report in these pages, at the 2018 IAA Commercial Vehicles show held in Hannover in September, Thermo King and Frigoblock introduced a series of truck and trailer innovations harnessing the power of electricity, data and clean technology and presented their vision of a city of the future – Thermotopia.

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Why Experiential Retail Might Just be The Secret to Customer Success

Locus

At present, 94 % of B2B decision-makers believe that omnichannel sales strategies are equally or more effective than the sales model used before the pandemic. Having frozen and refrigerated sections can fulfil the demands of the cold supply chain for groceries online orders. Conclusion.

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Freightera Marketplace Books 10,000th Shipment, Goes Live with CN Rail

Freightera

In the last year, Freightera signed all Class 1 railroads and added an initial inventory of refrigerated LTL and FTL to the platform. As he presented at the COP22 UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech, and discussed at COP23 Bonn, everyone benefits when increasing efficiency leads to lower transport costs and reduced emissions.