Provisioning a 22-crew vessel for a 40-day voyage without a cold-chain break
Frozen at −18 °C, chilled at 2–4 °C, dry stores clear of the deck. What the requisition should say, how we stage the reefer truck against the berth window, and the two checks that catch most rejections at the gangway.
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