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What does Cold chain mean in logistics?

Short answer

An unbroken series of temperature-controlled storage, handling and transport steps that keeps a product within its specified range from production to consumption. A single break can spoil the product even if every other step was correct.

India’s cold chain spans pack houses, cold stores, reefer trucks and last-mile insulated boxes. The weakest points are usually loading docks, cross-docks and door openings during multi-drop delivery rather than the linehaul itself. Ask our desk how this applies to your consignment.

Period: General definition. Data as of 29 Sep 2026. How we count

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The numbers behind this answer

Category
Cold chain
Related terms
Reefer truck, Cold storage, Temperature excursion, Temperature data logger

Sources

  1. SSL logistics glossary

Period: General definition. Data as of 29 Sep 2026.

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