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Reefer Trucking and Containers: Ensuring Safe Transport of Perishable Goods

GoShip Blog

Reefer trucking and containers help with this. Reefer trucking is used for road travel, and reefer containers are for sea or train journeys. These cold transports are very important for getting perishable goods safely from one place to another. Imagine a big refrigerator on wheels or a giant cold box for ships and trains.

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Temperature-controlled Rail Transport between Europe and Asia

Logistics Business Magazine

The Swiss InterRail Group successfully carried out its first reefer container transports between Asia and Europe last year. This year, the transport company has added temperature-controlled rail transport to its regular range of services. Successful deployment In late summer last year, InterRail transported 13.5

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Refrigerated Trucking How-To For Motor Carriers

Trinity Logistics

Refrigerated trucking can be a complex, but rewarding job. You might be transporting anything from fresh produce, frozen food, or important medicines like biologics. But, no matter what it is, the items you’re hauling are vital to many and there’s great pride that comes with that.

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Zero Sum: How Walmart Transportation is Working to Reduce Emissions Now and in the Future

Logistics Viewpoints

At Logistics Viewpoints, we have written about how companies are looking to reduce carbon emissions, especially when it comes to transportation. More and more global companies are pledging to make their supply chains and their operations net-zero or carbon neutral. Walmart operates one of the largest and safest fleets in the U.S.,

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Best Practices for Managing Your Cold Shipping

GoShip Blog

In fact, reefers, or refrigerated trucks , handle 90% of all food distributed through the US. Depending on the product, there are different climate conditions that need to be considered when shipping refrigerated items. Packaging and storage play a crucial role in temperature-controlled shipping.

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Telematics Connectivity for Vehicle-Powered Units

Logistics Business Magazine

Thermo King®, a leader in transport temperature control solutions and a brand of Trane Technologies, has announced its new BlueBox Lite telematics device designed to enhance the connectivity of the vehicle-powered refrigeration units.

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Cold Chain Solutions for the Dairy Industry

Trinity Logistics

After the cows have been milked, it immediately transports to cooling storage tanks or a chilled trailer. It’s then transported to a processing facility, pasteurized, and transported again to consumers. It can not only be more difficult to secure a refrigerated truck, but more expensive to do so.