Author Mark Twain’s comment that the report of his death was an exaggeration is maybe something that should be displayed prominently on the prow of every conventional reefer ship.

Doom-mongers have long predicted the demise of refrigerated cargo vessels, beaten into submission by the containership juggernauts.

“This is a business which is shrinking, which is dying, but we are still making money,” one reefer player tells TradeWinds.