Refrigerated freight
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Online Haul of Fame
FreightWaves Haul of Fame: Transcontinental Refrigerated Lines
Transcontinental Refrigerated Lines did very well for more than 30 years – until it didn't. Read this carrier's story in FreightWaves Haul of Fame.
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News
The Stockout: Reefer capacity tightens in Northeast
Capital Logistics COO Michael Feig says it’s too early to tell if the summer will bring tight capacity to the reefer market.
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Online Haul of Fame
FreightWaves Haul of Fame: There’s no freezer burn at pioneer Frozen Food Express
Frozen Food Express serves a key niche in the trucking industry. Read its interesting history in this article.
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Rail
Rail Roundup: Lineage, Patriot make acquisitions; CP, CN set records
Acquisitions and record Canadian grain loadings round out rail news
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Container
Ag exporters grapple with COVID, trade war, political unknowns (with video)
High cost of repositioning reefer equipment is hitting food exporters hard amid ongoing tariff fallout.
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Trucking
SkyBitz, Coretex team up for unified reefer solution (with video)
SkyBitz and Coretex have joined forces to launch an integrated platform for collection and reporting of temperature-controlled data and trailer-tracking services.
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News
Ditching the diesel, keeping the cool
OEMs, regulators put reefers on a path to zero emissions.
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News
Truck traffic normalizes at faster speeds with less hard braking
Fleet management solutions provider Samsara looked at 130 million trips since the beginning of 2020 and found truck traffic running at 95% of prepandemic volumes,…
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American Shipper
Protecting reefer containers from premature wear
A recent study by the Institute of International Container Lessors found that traditional hot zinc sprays for refrigerated container steel frames keep them in top…
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Trucking
Carriers must diversify product to survive the impact of COVID-19
If a sector or industry goes down due to COVID-19 and a carrier hasn’t diversified, that carrier might be following it.
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