Cold Chain Solutions

Running on Ice: How cold can you go?

Your latest info on all things cold chain

Hello, and welcome to the coolest community in freight! Here you’ll find the latest information on warehouse news, tech developments and all things reefer madness-related. I’m your controller of the thermostat, Mary O’Connell. Thanks for having me!

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As someone who has often wondered how an ultra-cold freezer gets that way, turns out the answer is easier than I thought. Liquid helium ballast refrigeration is the answer....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/running-on-ice-how-cold-can-you-go

Running on Ice: Refrigerator-less vaccines

Your latest info on all things cold chain

Hello, and welcome to the coolest community in freight! Here you’ll find the latest information on warehouse news, tech developments and all things reefer madness-related. I’m your controller of the thermostat, Mary O’Connell. Thanks for having me!

All thawed out

(Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

Due to the rising growth of the specialty pharmaceutical market, World Courier, a global medicine logistics expert, has set up a new transport station in suburban...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/running-on-ice-refrigerator-less-vaccines

Reefer capacity remains tight: How to optimize available trailers

By: Corrie White, market reporter at FreightWaves

While the logistics industry has traditionally leaned on seasonality to understand fluctuations in the market, that strategy doesn’t seem to be working anymore. 

“If we have learned anything over the past year, it is the fact we cannot apply pre-pandemic patterns to the current freight environment just yet,” said Zach Strickland, director of Freight Market Intelligence at FreightWaves.

This also applies to reefer carriers ⁠— a sector that is more...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/reefer-capacity-remains-tight-how-to-optimize-available-trailers

Borderlands: Mexico faces growing shortage of truck drivers

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico faces growing shortage of truck drivers; Mexico creates new national customs agency; CBP expands Santa Teresa port of entry cargo capacity; and DHL Express to invest $360M in Americas infrastructure.

Shortage of truck drivers growing in Mexico, experts say

A perfect storm of factors is causing a growing shortage of truck drivers across Mexico, experts say. 

The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mexico-faces-growing-shortage-of-truck-drivers

Borderlands: Mexico trade boomed in May but profit margins tightening

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico trade boomed in May but profit margins are tightening; a Korean auto supplier opens a plant in Mexico; Otay Mesa plans to open a new port by 2024; and Texas trucking company set to build terminal.

Mexico trade boomed in May but profit margins tightening, experts say

Mexico exported $40.8 billion in goods in May, a 125% increase compared to the same period in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mexico-trade-boomed-in-may-but-profit-margins-tightening

Borderlands: $1B warehouse and logistics port planned for Laredo

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: A $1 billion warehouse and logistics port is planned for Laredo; RCR Taylor Logistics Park opens in Texas; Volkswagen ends Golf production in Mexico; and Red Sun Farms expands in Pharr.

$1B warehouse and logistics port planned for Laredo

Spurred by strong U.S.-Mexico trade, a Los Angeles-area developer is planning to build a $1 billion distribution center, warehouse and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/1b-warehouse-and-logistics-port-planned-for-laredo