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A cold chain is a supply chain that uses refrigeration to maintain perishable goods, such as pharmaceuticals, produce or other goods that are temperature-sensitive. [1] Common goods, sometimes called cool cargo, [2] distributed in cold chains include fresh agricultural produce, [3] seafood, frozen food, photographic film, chemicals, and pharmaceutical products. [4]
A refrigerated container or reefer is an intermodal container (shipping container) used in intermodal freight transport that is capable of refrigeration for the transportation of temperature-sensitive, perishable cargo such as fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, seafood, and other similar items.
The cargo specifications for the seven ships were a bale cargo capacity of 465,940 cubic feet (13,194.0 m 3) of which 52,300 cubic feet (1,481.0 m 3) was cargo cold storage with separate meat and vegetable compartments insulated by layers of wood and cork. [7]
A reefer ship is a refrigerated cargo ship typically used to transport perishable cargo, which require temperature-controlled handling, such as fruits, meat, vegetables, dairy products, and similar items.
The term cargo is also used in case of goods in the cold-chain, because the perishable inventory is always in transit towards a final end-use, even when it is held in cold storage or other similar climate-controlled facilities, including warehouses.
G-3 Resources LLC Truck Articulated lorry with refrigerated trailer. A refrigerator truck or chiller lorry (also called a reefer), is a van or truck designed to carry perishable freight at low temperatures.
(Reuters) - Cold storage real estate investment trust Lineage Inc is cutting staff after a blockbuster initial stock offering in the U.S. last year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday ...
Refrigerated cargo - Any cargo that needs to be kept at a certain temperature, usually kept cold via refrigeration. Dangerous cargo - Cargo that fits one of the 9 types of dangerous cargo, as defined by the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, which includes categories such as explosives, radioactive materials, and others which could be ...