Reduced weight, improved fuel economy, and greater refrigeration capacity are a trio of advantages found in Carrier Transicold’s new Vector 8500 single-temperature hybrid trailer refrigeration unit.

If you run refrigerated freight, you already know reefer maintenance isn’t optional—it’s mission-critical. But there’s one number that quietly determines the health, resale value, and future liability ...

This story appears in the March 30 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The two largest North American manufacturers of trailer refrigerated units each ...

As truck manufacturers and suppliers begin to move toward electric-powered vehicles and components, the same trend is emerging for trailer refrigeration. Suppliers of transport refrigeration units are ...

Phillips Industries has added a new product to its line of Permalogic power control units. Permalogic Reefer is an all-weather, electronic controller designed to Phillips Industries has added a new ...

Carrier Transicold is making telematics a standard feature on its most popular trailer refrigeration units, the X4 series and Vector 8000 series trailer refrigeration units. “Each year since its ...

We think of trailers as cargo conveyances, on the move, carrying their payloads from shipper to receiver and making money for their owners. The truth is, much of the time trailers are sitting still in ...

CCJ: Hybrid reefer units are making headway in the refrigerated carrier market today. Do you feel there are misconceptions about this technology out there? Kampf: There is still some general confusion ...

Carrier Transicold on Wednesday, March 18, took another larger step into the hybrid reefer unit market, introducing the Vector 6500, a hybrid refrigerated trailer cooling unit designed for the ...

"The photograph provides a detailed, close-up view looking down into the open engine compartment of a large commercial vehicle, likely a refrigerated truck. The image is dominated by the complex ...

Carrier Transicold unveiled the Vector 6600MT, a hybrid trailer refrigeration unit featuring next-generation technology March 24 in Louisville. The unit provides high refrigeration capacity and ...

News from Thermo King today is that Frederick McKinley Jones, a company pioneer in the development of portable refrigeration units, will be honored for his contributions to science and technology at ...