Industry Insights & News
Weekly cold chain industry briefs from CoolMaxTech: cold storage projects, refrigeration policy and low-carbon technology around the world.
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief · Issue No.07
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief: Shipping Shocks and Tighter Traceability
Strait of Hormuz disruption, Thailand's stricter perishable inspections and new part-load guidance for compressors — three signals that change how cross-border cold storage should be designed.
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief · Issue No.06
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief: Capital Expands as Refrigerant Rules Tighten
Rwanda's $18M Kigali cold store, a Nordic acquisition taking capacity to 90,000 pallets, a €30M green cold chain centre — and the EPA's active GWP limit that now shapes US design.
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief · Issue No.05
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief: What Changed in Cold Chain This Week
Tanzania's airport cold terminal, Malaysia's grid volatility problem and Canada's retrofit wave — plus the California and Kigali rules now shaping cold storage design.
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief · Issue No.04
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief: Cold Storage ROI Is Determined at the Design Stage
Indonesia's thermal integrity problem, Kenya's grid instability risk and India's tightening panel fire standards — plus why thermal leakage, not compressors, erodes cold storage returns.
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief · Issue No.03
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief: The Shift to Value Engineering Integration
Indonesia's tropical cold storage gap, Kenya's engineering deficit, Malaysia's port-side upgrades and Australia's decarbonisation retrofits: why owners now buy engineering, not equipment.
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief · Issue No.02
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief: Cold Storage Expansion and Retrofit Opportunities
Saudi Arabia's food security build-out, Brazil's port cold storage, India's rural cold chain funding and Canada's low-GWP retrofits: where cold storage capital is moving this week.
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief · Issue No.01
Global Cold Chain Weekly Brief: Automation, National Strategy, Bonded Storage and Green Cooling
Australia's automated cold storage, Africa's national cold chain push, Spain's bonded cold storage and the UK's shift to low-GWP refrigeration: what this week's moves mean for cold storage investors.