Reefer Status Dashboard
Live log of every reefer's setpoint, last-reported temperature and excursion state across your cold-chain moves.
±2 °C from setpoint is the conventional excursion threshold for most commodities — tighten it mentally for chilled pharma (±0.5 °C) and bananas (±1 °C).
Sources & references
- Container Owners Association — reefer operations guidance
- Cargo insurance claim documentation standards (temperature-sensitive goods)
This tracker stores data locally in your browser — nothing is uploaded. It complements (not replaces) carrier track-and-trace: enter milestones from your carrier's notifications to keep one consolidated, private view across all providers.
A reefer that's 4 °C warm for six hours can destroy a cargo worth fifty times every fee in this category — and the carrier's monitoring data usually surfaces only after you ask, after arrival, after it matters. This dashboard is the shipper-side discipline: every unit's setpoint and latest reported temperature in one table, with excursions beyond ±2 °C counted in red at the top.
About Reefer Status Dashboard
Feed it from whatever sources you have — carrier reefer-monitoring portals, terminal plug-in logs, IoT loggers riding inside the cargo, driver checks at handoffs. The stage field tracks where each unit physically is (the handoff points — stuffing, gate-in, dray — are where excursions cluster, because that's where power and door-openings happen). The log's second job is claims: a contemporaneous record of readings with timestamps, kept by the cargo owner, is exactly what underwriters and surveyors ask for when a delivery thermograph shows a problem. Pair each entry with the source (portal screenshot, logger ID) in the notes — the dashboard is your index, the sources are your exhibits.
How to use Reefer Status Dashboard
- 1Fill in the form and add your first record — everything persists locally in your browser.
- 2Watch the summary strip recompute totals and averages as records accumulate.
- 3Sort out stale entries with one-click delete; the data survives page reloads.
- 4Export the CSV any time for reporting or to move the log into a spreadsheet.
Why use Reefer Status Dashboard?
- ✓Purpose-built fields for this exact workflow — no spreadsheet setup
- ✓Live summary statistics computed from your records
- ✓One-click CSV export for reporting
- ✓Everything stays on your device — nothing is uploaded
Frequently asked questions
What temperature deviation counts as an excursion?+
Commodity-dependent: ±2 °C from setpoint is the general benchmark this dashboard flags, but chilled pharma runs ±0.5–1 °C, bananas hold 13.3 °C in a narrow band, and frozen goods tolerate more downward drift than upward. The flag is a triage signal — what it means for YOUR cargo depends on the product's stability data.
Where do reefer temperature readings come from?+
Four layers: the unit's own controller (carrier portals expose it on modern fleets), terminal monitoring rounds while plugged, portable IoT loggers you stuff with the cargo (the only source that travels door-to-door), and manual checks at handoffs. The best practice is logger + portal: the logger is your evidence, the portal is your early warning.
At which points do cold-chain failures actually happen?+
Handoffs: pre-cooling skipped before stuffing, the gap between depot unplug and terminal plug-in, genset failures on dray legs, and doors standing open at delivery docks. Continuous sea legs are statistically the safest stretch. That's why the stage field matters — an excursion's stage tells you which party's process broke.
Does this log help with an insurance claim?+
Materially. Cargo underwriters want contemporaneous temperature records, the unit's data download, and proof of proper pre-cooling and setpoint instructions. A dated reading log kept during the voyage (not reconstructed after) plus referenced sources is the difference between a documented claim and a negotiation. Export the CSV into the claim file the day a problem surfaces.
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