From Baird Maritime:
Mostly graceful and often having white painted topsides and superstructures, reefer, or refrigerated, ships have been with us for more than a century. They have been impressive sights.
When first introduced they represented one of the major breakthroughs or revolutions in world shipping. The ability to safely and reliably carry perishable cargoes of meat, fruit and fish, for example, made a big improvement to world trade.
Today, of course, with reefer "plugs" fitted to most container ships, reefers are becoming less common as a class. Some of the older smaller ships are still serving in specialised trades such as carrying fish caught off Africa to Asia for processing.
Aided by a large number of very good photographs, the author, who is obviously a reefer "tragic", has done maritime history a very good service. His recording of this inevitably fading breed of ships is valuable.
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