Refrigerated transport companies in Australia
88 providers across Australia.
Refrigerated transport companies move chilled, frozen and temperature-sensitive goods by road, from a few cartons in a refrigerated van to full semi-trailer and B-double loads. This listing covers refrigerated trucking companies across Australia. Narrow it by pickup and delivery location to check a route, by temperature band, by load size in pallets, cartons or kilograms, and by service, from local and interstate work to couriers, part loads and pharma.
How this listing works
Each card shows a carrier’s temperatures, coverage, minimum load and services, and the date its details were last updated. Details come from carriers’ websites and other public sources and are shown as found; a dash means we have no information. Carriers that meet every condition you set come first, and those with no information on a condition follow in their own group. Sponsored placements are labelled and change neither the order nor the count. Profiles list the public sources each listing is based on.
Frozen and chilled transport
Filter by temperature to see carriers that state frozen, chilled, ambient or pharma 2–8 °C capability. Profiles also show whether a carrier takes multi-temperature loads, with more than one range on the same truck.
Interstate freight
Carriers that run chilled and frozen freight between states, as full loads, part loads or single pallets.
Refrigerated couriers and small loads
For a few cartons or one or two pallets, a refrigerated courier is often simpler than a truck booking.
Medicines and vaccines (2–8 °C)
Carriers that state a pharma or GDP service for medicines and vaccines.
Part loads, full loads and dedicated trucks
Choose LTL / part load, FTL / dedicated, multi-drop distribution, hanging meat or express / same-day in the services menu.
How to choose a refrigerated carrier
Five checks: the temperature band and how it is monitored; your route and how often it runs; minimum load and whether one-off shipments are accepted; whether you need an account; delivery needs such as a tail lift or residential delivery. Each check matches a fact on the cards and profiles.
Refrigerated transport by city
Refrigerated transport FAQs
What is refrigerated transport and how does it work?
Refrigerated transport is road freight in vehicles with an insulated body and a refrigeration unit that holds a set temperature for the whole trip. The unit is set to the load’s range before loading — chilled, frozen or pharma 2–8 °C — and the temperature is monitored in transit, often with data loggers or live telematics. Vehicles range from small vans for courier work to rigid trucks, semi-trailers and B-doubles for full loads.
What changes the bill for refrigerated freight?
Carriers quote per job, and distance and route, the space you need (pallets or a whole truck), the temperature band and how often you ship all change it. Ask whether extras such as tail-lift delivery or waiting time, and a fuel levy, are added to the price, and ask two or three carriers to quote on the same specification.
What is a refrigerated truck called?
A refrigerated truck or trailer is often called a reefer, short for refrigerated. Carriers usually describe their fleet by size: refrigerated vans, 12- and 14-pallet rigid trucks, semi-trailers, B-doubles for long-haul interstate loads, and reefer containers. The vehicle types a carrier states appear on its profile, so you can match the truck to your load before you ask for a quote.
What do refrigerated trucks transport?
Anything that must stay within a set temperature range on the road: fresh produce, meat, seafood, dairy, frozen food, beverages, flowers and plants, medicines and vaccines, and some chemicals and laboratory samples. Each load has its own range, so the carrier sets the refrigeration unit to the shipper’s instructions. On this site you can filter carriers by ambient, chilled, frozen or pharma 2–8 °C capability.
Which refrigerated transport companies are available in my city?
Choose your city from the list on this page or type a suburb or postcode in the search. Each city page counts the carriers based there and those that serve it from other locations, so you can see local depots and interstate operators side by side. Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide have their own pages, as do regional hubs such as Shepparton, Toowoomba and Townsville.
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