Generally, a dry van or a box trailer is a semi-trailer type that’s fully enclosed to protect freights from outside elements. They are the trailers that you see on the road every day connected to trucks. 

They’re usually big, rectangular containers and are designed to carry boxed, palletized, loose freight or any other type of equipment. Unlike refrigerated reefer units, they are not temperature-controlled, and they can’t take bulky and oversized shipments. 

Dry vans offer several advantages and can be used for a variety of less-than-truckload (LTL) or full truckload shipment. Most shipped products that you are receiving are most likely travelled on a dry van.