reefer

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The fleet includes fishing boats and refrigerated container – or reefer – ships to store enormous catches.

From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2020

The union said most other reefer jobs at West Coast ports were being handled by the I.L.W.U.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2019

“For the growing middle class, basic food like rice is no longer enough,” said Eric Legros, head of reefer operations at French shipping giant CMA CGM.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2018

Pelayo suspects the vessel is a “mothership,” or reefer, which collects fish from smaller fishing boats, allowing them to stay out at sea longer.

From National Geographic • Aug. 15, 2017

There was silence while everybody checked their mirrors for a Peterbilt with a reefer.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover