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Lineage Cool Port Oakland, opened last fall by Lineage Logistics in collaboration with Dreisbach Enterprises, is an advanced storage and transportation hub designed as an international gateway for temperature-controlled cargo. The 280,000 sq. ſt. facility has 90 truck dock doors that can send up to 1 million tons of perishable product through the port. “Cool Port sets a new standard for efficiency, food


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South Atlantic and Gulf ports, we do not see


the competitive landscape changing much as a result,” explained a spokesperson for the port of Wilmington, Del. “The decades of experience in handling perishables on the Delaware River, along with its superior location in terms of access to the population-dense regions of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S. and Canada, will enable the Delaware River’s competitive advantage.”


MSC is investing in new technologies to meet growing global demand for fresh fruit. (MSC photo)


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safety and speed in the temperature-controlled and transportation industry,” said Lineage President and CEO Greg Lehmkuhl, noting that the distribution center offers 20,000 pallet positions, has three blast cells and includes a 100,000-square-foot, high- cube, multi-temperature


storage environment. Cool Port is also significantly


reducing truck usage compared to standard temperature-controlled facilities, with up to 36 railcars per day going straight to shipping containers to be loaded on ships, eliminating the need for an intermediate


truck transfer, Lehmkuhl added. The project is part Lineage’s


broader strategy of expansion and acquisition, which has given it a total of 17 automated facilities with more than 800,000 automated pallet positions. Another cold chain


specialist with active construction and acquisition plans is Americold, which recently announced plans to build a 15 million sq. ſt. cold storage facility at Savannah. The company acquired local operator PortFresh Holdings and said it would spend up to $65 million on an additional


facility featuring 37,000 pallet positions and blast-freezing capabilities. With an eye to a growing


market and economies of scale, AmeriCold also has undertaken an ambitious acquisition program. This spring,


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