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  2. Reefer ship - Wikipedia

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    Reefer Ships – Maritime Information. Reefership Marine Services. ReeferTrends – a news and information service for the global refrigerated shipping trade; Winchester, Clarence, ed. (1937), "Refrigerated Ships", Shipping Wonders of the World, pp. 553– 556 illustrated description and survey of refrigerated ships.

  3. Type R ship - Wikipedia

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    USS Aludra (AF-55) (built as SS Matchless a type R2-S-BV1 ship) at sea, 17 September 1954 SS Adria (AF-30), a type R1-M-AV3 Adria-class ship, in 1949. The Type R ship is a United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) designation for World War II refrigerated cargo ship, also called a reefer ship.

  4. Refrigerated container - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Reefer - Wikipedia

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    Reefer ship, a refrigerated ship; Refrigerated container, used for intermodal cargo; Refrigerated van, a refrigerated railway wagon (European practice) Refrigerator car, a refrigerated railroad boxcar (US practice) Refrigerator truck, a temperature-controlled van, truck or semi-trailer

  6. Joseph James Coleman - Wikipedia

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    The sailing ship Dunedin, the world’s first major refrigerated ship, using the Bell-Coleman process Bell-Coleman refrigerator compressor. Joseph James Coleman FRSE (often referred to simply as J. J. Coleman) (1838–1888) is credited with invention of a mechanical dry-air refrigeration process first used in the sailing ship ‘’Dunedin’’ and sometimes referred to (as a ship type) as ...

  7. USNS Grommet Reefer - Wikipedia

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    USNS Grommet Reefer (T-AF-53) was a Grommet Reefer-class stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy.Her task was to carry stores, refrigerated items, and equipment to ships in the fleet, and to remote stations and staging areas.

  8. Refrigerator car - Wikipedia

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    A refrigerator car (or "reefer") is a refrigerated boxcar (U.S.), a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures. Refrigerator cars differ from simple insulated boxcars and ventilated boxcars (commonly used for transporting fruit ), neither of which are fitted with cooling apparatus.

  9. Cargo ship - Wikipedia

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    A Reefer, Reefer ships (or Refrigerated) ship is specifically designed [1] and used for shipping perishable commodities which require temperature-controlled, mostly fruits, meat, fish, vegetables, dairy products and other foodstuffs.