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The Vessel Is Legal Where It Sat, Not Where It Is Going
Buyers price used vessels on steel, volume, and MAWP. The expensive variable is paperwork, and it is settled at the destination. The same is true of the freezing equipment those…
Spiral, Plate, and Blast Freezers: A Used Buyer’s Guide for Food Processors
Frozen food sales exceeded 87 billion dollars in 2025, up 27.4 billion since 2019, and the GCCA Global Top 25 now operate 7.76 billion cubic feet of temperature-controlled space, up…
The Bottleneck Is Not the Compressor. It Is the Switchgear
Buyers spend their diligence on the compressor. Then the job stalls waiting on a transformer. The chiller lead time story gets the coverage, but the electrical package is usually the…
The Data Center Boom Reset Chiller Lead Times. Here Is Where Used Equipment Fits
Chiller procurement in 2026 is not what it was three years ago. Turner Construction’s SourceBlue Q1 2026 cost index, published in May, put air-cooled chillers at 7 to 52 weeks…
The 2026 HFC Rollback Is Now in Court: What It Means for Used Equipment Buyers
In May 2026, EPA finalized a reconsideration of its Technology Transitions rule under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, published at 91 Fed. Reg. 31284 and effective July 27, 2026….
Where Surplus Comes From: CO2 and Low Charge Ammonia Conversions Are Feeding the Secondary Market
QUICK ANSWERATMOsphere reported in May 2026 that North American transcritical CO2 installations reached 6,360 supermarket and industrial sites in 2025, a 28 percent year over year increase representing 1,390 new…
America’s Cold Storage Fleet Is 37 Years Old: The Case for Retrofitting Instead of Building
QUICK ANSWERMore than 75 percent of existing US cold storage was built before 2000, and the average facility is roughly 37 years old. Vacancy is often below 2 percent, and…
The 15 Pound Leak Rule Is Live: How It Changes the Math on Buying an Older System
QUICK ANSWERThe EPA leak repair requirements took effect January 1, 2026. They cover appliances with a full charge of 15 pounds or more of HFCs or substitutes with a GWP…
Can You Legally Sell Used Refrigeration Equipment With the Charge Still In It? The 2026 Reclaim Rules Explained
QUICK ANSWERNot without handling the refrigerant correctly first. Under EPA Emissions Reduction and Reclamation (ER&R) requirements, equipment containing recovered HFCs cannot be sold to a new owner unless the refrigerant…