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| Savannah moves 10 tons of reefer cargo a month from new fridge facility |
| Jun.08--NORDIC Cold Storage has moved tens of millions of pounds of refrigerated cargo through the Georgia Ports Authority's Garden City Terminal just over a month after it began operations. Nordic's new state-of-the-art storage and blast facility is located six miles from the Port of Savannah. The site has 18,580 square metres of convertible temperature-controlled storage space and is capable of blasting more than 10 million pounds of product, ranging from fresh poultry to produce, per week. "In just five weeks, we have already received 30 million pounds of product and made outbound shipments totalling 20 million pounds," said Ross Maple, Nordic's Director of Business Strategy, before a tour of the cold storage facility in Pooler by Georgia Ports Authority executive director Curtis Foltz and Gretchen Corbin, deputy commissioner for Global Commerce at the Georgia Department of Economic Development. This US$30 million facility currently employs 100 workers, however, Nordic plans to expand the facility by the end of the year. Mr Foltz said in a release from the GPA that the port authority is also increasing its refrigerated cargo capacity to stay ahead of demand. "The GPA is installing an additional 20 refrigerated container racks at the Garden City Terminal," said Mr Foltz. "This adds 480 chilled cargo slots, for a total capacity of more than 2,600 containers a week." The refrigerated containers are powered by 600 chassis plug-ins and 2,016 container rack slots. "In the last seven years, refrigerated exports through the Port of Savannah have increased 130 per cent," Mr Foltz said. "And the combination of public and private investment ensures we are prepared for future growth in this valuable cargo segment." In 2012 the GPA recorded a 3.9 per cent increase in refrigerated cargo exports, totalling 108,000 TEU. More than 80 cold storage facilities around the state rely on the Port of Savannah, with a combined storage capacity greater than 1.48 million square metres. (Source:shippingazette) |
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