Summer in full swing means two things to me: The height of reefer season and raspberries growing in my yard. With reefer spot rates at a dismal $2.47 a mile, and the berries I pick turning to mush ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo: Jim Allen / FreightWaves) Peak retail season may be over, but reefer national average spot rates are breaking above $2.91 ...

Transport refrigeration units - TRUs - are the main thing separating temperature-controlled trailers from dry freight vans. But insulation is just as important. Size always matters, but it's not the ...

Connie McKay elected to haul reefers six years ago because she “needed a big change” in her life. Now she runs all 48 states and Canada with temperature-sensitive loads. When Connie McKay tells other ...

Wabash says its new MSC reefer trailer is up to 30% more thermally efficient than a conventional refrigerated trailer. It’s the nature of trailers to lag behind. And this includes on the technology ...

In a move that will create a refrigerated carrier giant, Hirschbach Motor Lines (CCJ Top 250, No. 61) is acquiring Sapulpa, Oklahoma-based refrigerated carrier John Christner Trucking (No. 115). With ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Thermo King has introduced new options for its trailer refrigeration units (TRUs), including an electric standby option and an environmental management system. Thermo King’s new ...

Eassons Transport of Kentville, N.S., got its start hauling apples around the province in 1945. Starting with a single truck, William and Phillip Easson soon expanded the business, serving all of ...