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What is a reefer?

Globalior

The reefer container is unique, because it has its own with a refrigerator motor. Reefer Controlled Atmosphere: This type of container contains special internal equipment that allows a certain atmospheric pressure to be maintained in order to control, for example, the ripening processes of some fruits. The post What is a reefer?

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The Produce Tipping Point: How the Produce Season May Tip the Load-to-Truck Scales

CH Robinson Logistics

This year’s produce season is felt after a series of events impacting transportation. What’s more, is that these are likely not the last of the events to disrupt transportation. Historically, produce season is an event that impacts not only refrigerated markets, but all modes in and out of produce regions.

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Facing Cold Chain Challenges

Trinity Logistics

Some examples of these are: U.S. 21 CFR 211.150 Provides guidance on the written procedures for managing expirations and a reliable system for identifying the distribution of drug samples in the event of a recall. Refrigeration equipment can malfunction due to damage, inadequate maintenance, or losing power. In the U.S.,

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How Cold Chain Logistic Providers Build Trust with Traceability

Logistics Viewpoints

This has led to a dramatic change in the perception of frozen and refrigerated foods, as consumers now have access to products previously unavailable to them. Take tracking produce, for example. The WMS should make decisions around quality of goods whenever a traceable event is not within the boundary.

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Longer-term Contracts Back in Vogue as Carriers, Shippers Navigate Stable Market

Blue Grace Logistics

Williford also cited the DAT Load-to-Truck ratio which shows a “very tight” delta between refrigerated freight and truckload freight at this point, indicating that there has been no mass exodus of carriers shifting commodities. Disruptions – from weather and geopolitical events for example – remain a concern.

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5 Things to Look for in a Food Grade Warehouse

Kanban Logistics

Confectionery products are a good example of a product that must avoid hot and cold extremes. Refrigerated. This lot number allows 3PLs to quickly identify batches of items in the event of a recall. What will the facility do in the event of a recall? These mock recalls are “practice runs” for real recall events.

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Transforming Freight Benchmarking

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, if a shipper needs to ship goods from Chicago to Detroit, the TMS will have a record that on this lane, the transportation planner should contact Carrier A first. Google maps would be an example of this kind of application. However, the system can be used standalone, and some shippers do use Emerge this way.