Container yards, shipping agents and seafood exporters in Kochi need refrigerated containers checked and fixed before every trip. The Vallarpadam container terminal and the container yards near it handle much of Kerala's container cargo.
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This service keeps reefers (shipping containers with their own cooling unit) working. Technicians do the pre-trip check each reefer needs before it is loaded, repair cooling units, fix leaks and wiring, recharge gas, and download temperature records for shippers. You work from a small workshop and a van that goes to container yards.
Kochi's container terminal at Vallarpadam, and the container freight stations and empty-container yards along the container road towards Kalamassery, handle much of Kerala's container cargo. Frozen seafood is one of the main cargoes that leave Kochi in reefers. NABARD's credit plan for Ernakulam puts term lending for fisheries at ₹255.53 crore and asks for more credit for processing of marine products. Humid, salty air also wears cooling units out faster.
You need refrigeration technicians trained on the main makes of reefer unit, gas recovery and vacuum machines, leak detectors, laptops with the makers' service software, a service van, a small stock of spares, port gate passes and safety training. The hard part is getting approved by shipping lines and yard operators, who check your staff and paperwork before trusting you with their equipment. Spares are costly, and work rises and falls with the seafood seasons.
Win work by meeting yard managers and the equipment teams of shipping lines, then build a name for quick, honest repairs.
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