A refrigerated container with its own cooling unit, for food, medicines and flowers.
Reefers keep set temperatures from about −30 °C to +30 °C and need power at the port and on the ship.
Related terms
- FCL — Full container load: one shipper uses the whole container.
- High cube (HC) — A container about 30 cm taller than standard: 2.9 m outside, about 2.7 m inside.