Transport and logistics is a temperature problem more than anything else. A driver or dock hand can go from a heated cab to a loading bay to a cold store and back inside an hour, and the clothing that works is the clothing you can add to and take off without stopping work.
That is why this range carries more lined and insulated styles than any other trade page on this site — fleece, quilted layers, bomber jackets and thermals sit at the centre of it rather than at the edge. Jackets generally are heavily represented, and wet weather shells run deep because yards, docks and delivery runs happen in the rain regardless. Hi vis and taped reflective are here for the part that genuinely is a safety issue: yards and loading bays are full of reversing vehicles and forklifts, and being seen at night or in a dim warehouse is the whole point.
Two practical notes. Layering beats a single heavy coat for this work, because the cab is warm and the cold store is not, and a jacket you cannot take off is a jacket you stop wearing. And if you are in and out of a cold store, check the lining rather than the outer — a shell that handles rain is not the same garment as one that handles minus eighteen, and the two are easy to confuse on a photo.
Almost always day/night rated, because loading docks and yards operate around the clock and the hazard is vehicle movement in poor light. It is also one of the few roles where you are repeatedly getting in and out of a vehicle, so a shirt that is comfortable seated matters more than usual.
Many depots require hi vis to be worn from the moment you leave the cab, including at customer sites where your own employer's rules do not apply.
What should I wear for freezer and cold store work?
Layers rather than one heavy garment, because the difference between a freezer and a loading dock is large and you cross it repeatedly. A hi vis base layer with a warm mid layer you can remove is more practical than a single insulated jacket you overheat in outside.
A bonded fleece-lined softshell is a good middle layer here — warm, not bulky, and it still reads as workwear.
Does workwear need to work across multiple customer sites?
That is the practical constraint for most transport work: you are subject to whichever site you are standing on, and their rules are not yours. The safest approach is to equip to the strictest requirement you regularly encounter rather than the average.
A day/night taped shirt is accepted essentially everywhere general hi vis is required, which is why it is the sensible default for multi-site work.
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