Temperature-Controlled Transport
Temperature-controlled road transport across Europe with continuous monitoring and documented temperature records. Frozen, chilled and ambient-controlled cargo, including pharmaceutical lanes.
The cold chain is only as strong as its weakest hour
Temperature-sensitive goods do not fail visibly. A pallet of chilled food or a carton of vaccines that spent three hours outside its range looks exactly like one that did not. The only thing separating a safe consignment from a written-off one is the record.
That is why we treat temperature-controlled transport as a documentation service as much as a driving service: continuous monitoring, a record you can file, and a call the moment a reading moves out of range.
Ranges and cargo
We arrange transport across the full controlled range, from deep-frozen at −25 °C to controlled ambient at +25 °C. Multi-temperature vehicles with separate compartments are available where a consignment combines frozen and chilled goods on the same run.
Typical cargo includes fresh and frozen food, dairy and meat, flowers and plants, pharmaceutical products and diagnostics, cosmetics, chocolate and confectionery, and electronics or chemicals that are sensitive to heat or frost rather than requiring refrigeration as such.
What is included
- Pre-cooling before loading. The vehicle reaches the target temperature before your goods go in - loading warm cargo into a warm body is the most common cold-chain failure there is.
- Continuous monitoring throughout the journey, with alerts rather than after-the-fact discovery.
- Temperature record per shipment, returned with the proof of delivery.
- Hygiene and food-grade standards for foodstuffs, including cleaning records for the loading space.
- ATP-certified equipment where the ATP Agreement applies to your commodity.
- Segregation where goods requiring different temperatures or hygiene regimes travel together.
Winter matters as much as summer
Most people think of temperature control as protection against heat. Across Central and Eastern Europe, frost damage is at least as common: liquids in plastic containers, adhesives, paints, beverages, certain pharmaceuticals and many cosmetics are ruined by a single night below zero on an unheated trailer.
If your goods have a minimum as well as a maximum temperature, tell us. Controlled ambient transport in winter is a different and usually cheaper specification than refrigerated transport, and it is frequently what a consignment actually needs.
Planning a temperature-controlled lane
Send the commodity, the required range, the tolerance, the pallet count and whether you need ATP or GDP compliance. For regular lanes we will set up a fixed schedule with the same equipment and, where possible, the same drivers - consistency is what keeps a cold chain boring, and boring is the goal.
| Range | Typical setting | Typical cargo |
|---|---|---|
| Deep frozen | −25 °C to −18 °C | Frozen food, ice cream, frozen ingredients |
| Frozen | −18 °C to −12 °C | Frozen produce, bakery |
| Chilled | 0 °C to +7 °C | Fresh food, dairy, meat, flowers |
| Pharmaceutical cold chain | +2 °C to +8 °C | Medicines, vaccines, diagnostics |
| Controlled ambient | +15 °C to +25 °C | Pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, electronics, chocolate |
Frequently asked questions
Do I get a temperature record for the shipment?
Are your vehicles ATP certified?
Can you carry pharmaceutical products under GDP?
What happens if the temperature deviates in transit?
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International Road Freight
Door-to-door road transport across Europe, with route planning, documentation and tracking handled end to end.
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Direct, non-stop runs when the delivery date cannot move - dispatched within hours, driven without transhipment.
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Standard, mega and jumbo trailers for full loads up to 24 t and 100 m³, on European lanes.