- Fresh and Cool Freezer Truck, building M5 shop No2, N5 - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
- info@freshandcoolfreezertruck.com
- +971509265149
Fresh and Cool Freezer Truck is a refrigerated vehicle rental company based in Sharjah Industrial Area, founded in 2010 and owned by Naeem Afridi. We move temperature-sensitive cargo—food, dairy, poultry, seafood, pharmaceuticals, flowers, and frozen stock—for businesses across Sharjah, Ajman, and the wider UAE.
Sixteen years on, the operation runs 180 vehicles across five categories, from 1-ton chiller vans to 10-ton dual-zone refrigerated trucks, supported by 245 staff including 185 cold-chain trained drivers and 22 in-house refrigeration technicians. Every vehicle holds HACCP certification and a Sharjah Municipality Food Transport Permit.
What separates the operation is ownership. Every vehicle is owned outright and maintained in our own workshop. Nothing is brokered, nothing is subcontracted, and no third-party driver decides whether the cooling unit stays on.
Before founding the company, Naeem Afridi worked in commercial vehicle maintenance and regional perishables transport across the Northern Emirates. That hands-on background—knowing exactly how refrigeration units fail mechanically and seeing what happens to cargo when temperatures drift—shaped everything that followed.
The problem he observed across the market was consistent and costly. Small and mid-sized food distributors, dark kitchens, and florists in Sharjah and Ajman were booking transport through brokers who subcontracted runs to independent drivers. Cooling units were frequently uncalibrated. Worse yet, drivers often shut off refrigeration mid-transit to save fuel, leaving neither the broker nor the customer any way of knowing until the shipment arrived spoiled.
Established in 2010 as a cold transport operation built on total accountability, Fresh and Cool began with just five vehicles—three standard-roof chiller vans and two freezer vans—operating from a single depot in Sharjah Industrial Area. Every vehicle was purchased directly, and every driver was hired on-staff. That core principle of in-house ownership has remained unchanged even as the fleet has grown thirty-six-fold.
Our 180 refrigerated fleet in UAE is built around five specific vehicle categories, making sure every load travels in a unit correctly matched to its required temperature band and payload volume. Every single vehicle in our lineup is owned outright and serviced exclusively within our own technical workshop.
Vehicle Type | Temperature Range | Capacity | Vehicle Make | Refrigeration Unit | Total Fleet Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chiller Vans | +2°C to +5°C
| 1.0–1.5 Ton | Toyota HiAce (Standard & High-Roof) | Carrier Transicold | 80 Vehicles |
Freezer Vans | 0°C to -22°C | 1.0–1.5 Ton | Toyota HiAce (Standard & High-Roof) | Thermo King V-Series | 60 Vehicles |
Chiller Trucks | +2°C to +5°C | 3–10 Ton | Mitsubishi Fuso Canter | Thermo King T-Series | 24 Vehicles |
Freezer Trucks | 0°C to -25°C
| 3–10 Ton
| Isuzu ELF / N-Series
| Carrier Supra
| 12 Vehicles
|
Dual-Zone Trucks
| Multi-Temperature
| 3–10 Ton | Isuzu N-Series Heavy Duty
| Thermo King Spectrum Multi-Temp
| 4 Vehicles
|
Total Fleet
| — | — | — | — | 180 Vehicles
|
No brokering, no subcontracting: All 180 vehicles across our fleet are owned directly by Fresh and Cool, and every driver on the road is an on-staff employee. When your booking is confirmed, the vehicle assigned to your route is under our direct administrative and operational control—never sourced from a third-party broker or independent operator after you commit.
In-house technical workshop: Routine servicing, preventative maintenance, and emergency repairs are performed inside our dedicated Sharjah facility. Staffed by 22 certified diesel mechanics and refrigeration specialists, our team handles everything from chassis engine overhauls to thermal box insulation updates and specialized Carrier Transicold and Thermo King unit calibration. Faults are diagnosed immediately by specialists who know our vehicles, avoiding the delays of outsourced garages.
Dedicated standby pool: To ensure zero operational downtime, we maintain 10 pre-cooled reserve vehicles on constant standby inside our main yard. If an unexpected cargo spike occurs or a vehicle requires scheduled workshop maintenance, a pre-cooled replacement dispatches instantly without disrupting active client delivery schedules.
A 180-vehicle refrigerated network relies on dedicated operational teams, not just equipment. Fresh and Cool employs 245 staff across logistics, technical maintenance, route dispatch, and administration. Every team member is directly employed on-staff rather than contracted through external agencies.
Operating a temperature controlled logistics company in Sharjah requires designing workflows around extreme ambient conditions, where summer heat frequently exceeds 45°C. Managing these harsh climate realities dictates how routes are scheduled and how mechanical workloads are managed throughout the year.
Extreme Summer Heat Management. Peak summer temperatures force refrigeration compressor duty cycles to run near continuous capacity. During multi-drop delivery routes, ambient air intrusion at loading bays poses a constant heat-soak risk to sensitive cargo. To combat thermal stress, our technical team monitors compressor efficiency telemetry daily. Any cooling system showing abnormal duty-cycle strain is immediately rotated into the workshop for preventative servicing before a mechanical drop occurs on active routes.
Ramadan & Seasonal Demand Shifts. During Ramadan, holiday events, and winter peak seasons, commercial delivery patterns invert completely. Supermarket restocking, hotel bulk orders, and dark kitchen supply runs move heavily into late evening and overnight windows. Our operations shift to continuous night-shift scheduling and 24/7 dispatch. Moving major multi-drop routes into cooler night hours reduces thermal load on vehicle compressors, speeds up transit times, and protects cold-chain integrity when volume demands are highest.
As an established cold chain transport company across the UAE, our facility network is positioned strategically around regional logistics corridors to maintain rapid dispatch capabilities across all active markets.
Sharjah — Primary Operational Base. Our central headquarters and primary maintenance workshop are located in Sharjah Industrial Area 15. Remaining in this location since 2010 places our main 180-vehicle fleet directly adjacent to Northern Emirate food processing plants, cold-storage warehouses, and major distribution hubs, enabling immediate vehicle dispatch to primary clients.
Ajman — Regional Staging Hubs. To ensure rapid local response times, we maintain permanent vehicle staging hubs in Ajman Industrial Areas 1 and 2. Positioning dedicated chiller and freezer units directly inside Ajman eliminates transit delays from neighboring emirates, making same-day fleet deployment and urgent replacements routine across the industrial sector.
Dubai & Inter-Emirate Logistics Network. Supporting distribution corridors in Dubai—including Al Quoz, Ras Al Khor, and JAFZA—allows us to run continuous inter-emirate contract logistics, with scheduled daily routes extending services to Abu Dhabi, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, and Umm Al Quwain.
Sixteen years of experience in refrigerated logistics has not changed our founding principle. Own the vehicles. Employ the drivers. Control the cargo temperature strictly from initial collection to final delivery, and maintain the precise digital records to prove it.
That commitment is what makes us a trusted cold transport provider across the UAE—not simply our total fleet size, but the operational fact that every single vehicle within it answers directly to our own team. Over 150,000 successful cold-chain runs have been completed on that foundation across Sharjah, Ajman, Dubai, and the Northern Emirates.
If you transport perishable goods and want to discuss your specific operational requirements—from vehicle selection and temperature requirements to scheduled delivery routes—our logistics team is available around the clock.