冷链不会在闸口暂停
一只从船上下来的冷藏箱全程都需要供电。在公路上这意味着底盘车上要有发电机组，而不只是有一只冷藏箱，这也是把冷藏箱当成普通集装箱报价时最常漏掉的一项。
请在问价的时候就告诉我们这是冷藏箱，而不是等司机到了才说。它会换底盘车、加发电机组，也会改变这趟运输的成本。顺便把设定温度告诉我们，还有是连续运行还是间歇运行。
这条海岸上，冷藏箱到底在哪里
Port Everglades 有2,000多个冷藏插座。Port of Palm Beach 的 Tropical Shipping 有350多个插座，撑起巴哈马和加勒比航线，所以 Palm Beach 的冷藏箱几乎肯定就在那里。
到了内陆，要决定的是把货继续留在海运箱里，还是换装到冷藏挂车上。换装转运能结束滞箱费、把箱子还回去，但它是一次控温条件下的装卸作业，而不是简单地重新码放，需要一个真做得了这活的月台。
What it costs
The other half of the cold chain
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常见问题
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Does a reefer container need a genset for drayage?
Yes, if it has to stay powered, and that is the single most common thing missed when a reefer is quoted as an ordinary container. A refrigerated container coming off a ship needs power the whole way, and on the road that means a genset on the chassis rather than just a refrigerated box. Say it is a reefer when you ask for the rate rather than when the driver arrives: it changes the chassis, it adds the genset, and it changes what the move costs.
What do you need to know about the temperature setting?
The set point, and whether the unit runs continuous or on cycle. Send both with the container number and the line at the rate request. Continuous holds a tighter band and burns more fuel; cycle is cheaper and lets the box drift between cut-in and cut-out, which is fine for some freight and out of spec for others. Anything with a narrow tolerance is worth flagging plainly, because that is where the difference between the two settings decides whether the load arrives in condition.
Which South Florida port handles the most reefer containers?
Port Everglades carries more than 2,000 reefer outlets, which makes it the center of gravity for refrigerated boxes on this coast. Tropical Shipping at the Port of Palm Beach carries more than 350 plugs and anchors the Bahamas and Caribbean trades, so a reefer at Palm Beach is almost certainly there. PortMiami handles refrigerated traffic too. As with any container, which terminal yours sits at follows the booking rather than your preference, so the line is the field that answers it.
Should I transload a reefer container or keep the freight in the box?
It depends on the distance and how long the box would otherwise be out. Transloading into a refrigerated trailer ends per diem and gets the container back to the line, which matters most on a long inland run. Staying in the ocean box avoids a handling step, which matters most on a short local delivery. Either way, moving refrigerated freight between a container and a trailer is a temperature-controlled handling job rather than a simple restack, so it needs a dock that can do it properly.
Can a reefer container be pre-pulled and held?
A pre-pull stops demurrage on a reefer the same way it does on a dry box, but a loaded reefer has to stay powered while it waits, so how long it can wait and where has to be settled before the pull rather than after. Per diem keeps running until the box goes back empty either way. If the line's clock is the one hurting, the answer is to empty the container, by devanning it at the dock or by transloading into a refrigerated trailer for the inland leg.
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一份拖车报价里到底包含什么？
运输本身，加上那些事后最容易让人措手不及的附加费：底盘车、提前提箱、滞箱费、滞港费、车辆滞留费和仓储费。我们宁可一开始就把它们说清楚，也不愿意事后加到账单上。