--- title: Reefer LTL | TSA description: TSA gives shippers real-time TMS visibility plus a dedicated team that owns every shipment across truckload, drayage, LTL, and warehousing. Reduce surprises, resolve issues faster, and manage logistics with more confidence. --- [Skip to content](https://www.shiptsa.com/reefer-ltl#main-content) Close - [Shippers](https://www.shiptsa.com/services-offered) - [Carriers](https://www.shiptsa.com/carriers) - [Technology](https://www.shiptsa.com/technology) - [About Us](https://www.shiptsa.com/about-us) - [Log In](https://app.turvo.com/#/auth/login) - [Blog](https://www.shiptsa.com/blog) [Contact Us](https://www.shiptsa.com/contact) [![Website--Original-Logo-(600-x600)](https://www.shiptsa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Company%20Logo/Website--Original-Logo-(600-x600)%202.png?width=134&height=55&name=Website--Original-Logo-(600-x600)%202.png)](https://www.shiptsa.com/) - [Shippers](https://www.shiptsa.com/services-offered) - [Carriers](https://www.shiptsa.com/carriers) - [Technology](https://www.shiptsa.com/technology) - [About Us](https://www.shiptsa.com/about-us) - [Log In](https://app.turvo.com/#/auth/login) - [Blog](https://www.shiptsa.com/blog) [Contact Us](https://www.shiptsa.com/contact) # The Right Space. The Right Speed. The Right Temperature. Your cold freight doesn't always fill a trailer. It still has to make temp. TSA moves the refrigerated, frozen, and melt-risk loads that fall between a reefer truckload and no good option at all. [Request a Lane Review](https://www.shiptsa.com/reefer-ltl#analysis) ![A row of refrigerated trailers backed into the dock doors of a cold storage distribution center](https://www.shiptsa.com/hubfs/hero%20images/reefer%20ltl.jpeg) ## Cold freight fails differently A late dry load arrives late. A failed cold load arrives ruined. When your refrigerated or frozen partial doesn't fit a contract, the usual answer is a full reefer trailer you mostly pay to run empty, or a scramble through the spot market with your product's shelf life riding on a stranger's equipment. The costs stack fast: the rush reefer premium, the hours your team burns finding it, and the tier dry freight never sees. Rejected loads. Claims. Short shipments. The replacement order that ships expedited because the shelf is already empty. 4 signs your cold freight is leaking money - →Refrigerated or frozen partials wait for a full reefer truckload, and the ship date slips while they wait. - →Small cold loads ride ambient with ice packs and crossed fingers when the calendar gets tight. - →A temperature-related rejection, claim, or short shipment hit your customer in the last two quarters. - →Your team spends real time each week sourcing reefer capacity for loads that don't fit a contract. ## Cold capacity, already built TSA Reefer LTL puts temperature-controlled capacity on call for the loads that don't fill a trailer, moving primarily on consolidated multi-stop reefer trailers. Every carrier clears the same 25-point vetting and freight security standard TSA runs on every load, before there's ever an emergency attached to your freight. What you ship How it rides Refrigerated and fresh Refrigerated partials protected door to door, with the delivery appointment and the temperature treated as one requirement. Frozen Frozen partials down to minus 20 degrees that move on your ship date instead of waiting to fill a trailer. Temperature-protect Confection, beverage, pharmaceutical, and other melt-risk product that can't gamble on a dry trailer in summer. If it isn't hazmat, TSA can move it, in every region. That includes pharmaceuticals, with temperature records available on request. Cost-of-cold-risk calculator ## See what your unplanned cold freight really costs. Cold partial loads per month Percent currently covered on the spot market (%) Average spot cost per cold load (USD) Your annual cold freight exposure $225,000 That's your annual exposure on unplanned cold freight, before a single degree goes wrong. Share 6 months of your cold lanes and we'll show you where the spend is leaking and where the temperature risk sits. [Share my lanes](https://www.shiptsa.com/reefer-ltl#analysis) ## How it works 1 Share your lanes Send 6 months of refrigerated, frozen, and temperature-protect partial history. Ten minutes of export, nothing more. 2 Get the analysis TSA returns where the spend is leaking, where the temperature risk sits, and a recommended program, free. 3 Run a pilot lane Prove it on real freight with a dedicated account team watching every load. 4 Let it compound Every load teaches us your network, and the plan gets sharper each quarter. ## Why TSA **40+ years** moving freight, since 1984. **95 percent** on-time pickup and delivery. **25-point** carrier vetting and freight security standard on every load. A dedicated account team that owns every shipment end to end. Real-time visibility on TSA's own TMS and client portal: quote, book, track. Temperature records available on request, coverage in every region. A tracking link doesn't keep anything cold. A status update tells you the load is warm. Accountability is the team that saw the risk coming, moved on it, and has the answer ready when you call. That's the TSA Way: **Transparency, Service, Accountability.** ## Find your freight, find your service TSA covers the whole network under one roof. Here's where your load belongs. Your freight Your service Full trailer, dry Truckload Small load, flexible timing LTL Port to door Drayage Storage and fulfillment Warehousing Too big for LTL, too small for a truck, due fast Expedited and Partial Refrigerated, frozen, or melt-risk, less than a trailer Reefer LTL. You're in the right place. ## Straight answers on cold freight pricing Every cold lane prices differently, and anyone who quotes yours without seeing it is guessing. Share your lanes and we'll show you the range bands for your actual freight, in writing, before you commit to anything. ## See what your cold freight really costs Free reefer lane analysis. No commitment, no spam, and a human reads every submission. 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