To make it easier to understand the concept of perishable cargo, it can be said that these are particular foodstuffs and food products that cannot be stored for a long time without spoiling, that is, due to climatic influences, they can spoil in a short time. Perishable cargo was primarily transported over long distances by reefer ships, which were gradually replaced by container ships, and the multimodal container with an integrated refrigeration unit became crucial for transporting cargo in a controlled atmosphere. During transportation, transshipment and storage of perishable cargo, there are numerous factors that must be respected and satisfied in order to preserve quality and health right up to the end user. The cold chain is the path of temperature-sensitive products from the producer to the consumer and represents the process of handling temperature-sensitive products. Incorrect handling and error in the process of only one of the factors in the distribution system within the cold chain itself is sufficient to reduce the quality and the impossibility of distributing the product to the customer. Technologies that describe correct methods during different phases of cargo manipulation are researched and presented in the paper.