Ocean transport of cooled and frozen cargo received a substantial boost with development of mobile refrigerated containers called "
reefers" in the 1960's.
Transportation Technology Eases The Journey For Perishables Going Abroad
Schneider and one of its major suppliers are testing a
reefer system that has the promise of saving a great deal of fuel.
Carrying the load: advances in trailer technology are geared toward energy efficiency and food safety
Although the three cases that make up
Reefer Madness are filled with great anecdotes and statistics, they don't add up to a persuasive argument about the relationship between the underground and legitimate economies.
American underground
For the car owners who said yes to the dubious charms of
Reefer Boy and Waster I have two bits of advice.
KING OF THE ROAD; Beautiful noise? I think not
According to Arroyo, there are compartmentalized
reefer vans that may be utilized by farmers.
Arroyo moves to reinvigorate Roro shipping, lower food transport cost from Mindanao
The Refcon system, made by Johnson Controls, also enables
reefer operators to track their cargo boxes throughout their journey via remote access.
DP World Improves Tracking at Jebel Ali
The report indicates that world trade in perishable
reefer cargo is forecast to grow to 215 million tons by 2015, of which 109 million will be seaborne.
Ocean Shipping Strategies: Lower rates in 2009? Don't count on it
"It is our objective to achieve a leadership position in the field of global
reefer transportation," said Reinhard Lange, chief operations officer of Sea & Air Logistics, Kuehne + Nagel International AG.
Swiss logistics conglomerate acquires Canadian operation
A thought hit Studney: Why hasn't anyone made
Reefer Madness into a musical?
Studney's smokin' reefer: out composer Dan Studney talks about his musical version of the '30s film Reefer Madness--and its adorable lead, Christian Campbell. (Music)
The cargo is packed on special refrigerated ships, known as
reefers. And usually the
reefers are used in the northbound lanes from Latin America to move fruit, vegetables and other perishable cargoes to the big hungry populations of the United States or Europe.
Reefer Madness
M2 EQUITYBITES-September 28, 2011--Norwegian Green
Reefers says sale, lease-back deal worth USD36m(C)2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com
-Norwegian Green Reefers says sale, lease-back deal worth USD36m
The traditional
reefer trailer can cost over 200 [pounds sterling] per week and is very limited in its uses.
Reefer trailers versus static storage
LauritzenCool, together with Arctic
Reefers, operates a fleet of more than 90 pallet
reefer vessels.
South African Fruit Flying To Kloosterboer Terminal