According to a local report, the Maine Port Authority plans to invest $16 million to build a cold storage warehouse at Portland’s International Maine Terminal.

A cold storage firm used an in-rack freezing system to evaluate freezing and tempering times against traditional blast freezing and tempering methods.

The importance of cold storage for certain chemical products, particularly organic peroxides, hit the headlines in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. When a plant outside Houston was flooded and lost power, it also lost its cold storage for the organic peroxide products produced at the site. 

Preferred Freezer Services (PFS) opened a cold storage warehouse in Kearny, N.J., the company’s ninth such facility in the New Jersey area.

Wild Water Group, a South Wales-based temperature-controlled storage and distribution company, purchased a 130,000 ft² warehousing facility in Aberbargoed. The project will potentially generate up to 120 new jobs across a range of roles, according to the company.

Cold Chain Integrity (CCI), a United Dairy Farmers company, will build a $20 million cold storage facility in Erlanger, Ky. The project is expected to create 50 full-time jobs.

Lineage Cool Port Oakland (Cool Port), a cold storage and logistics facility set on 25 acres in Oakland, Calif., will serve as a hub for temperature-controlled cargo transitioning through Northern California. It includes 20,000 pallet positions, three blast cells and a 100,000 ft², high-cube, multi-temperature storage environment.

United States Cold Storage opened a food distribution facility in Laredo, Texas. Stellar designed and built the 232,366 ft² warehouse, which will distributed produce goods, including strawberries and avocados. The $35 million greenfield project includes a -10°F freezer area, 35°F cooler area, refrigerated loading dock with 21 truck doors and refrigerated repack room.

MTC Logistics plans to build a 300,000 ft² cold storage facility on property owned by the Alabama State Port Authority in Mobile, Ala. The $58 million investment is expected to create between 50 and 70 jobs.

Nor-Am Cold Storage invested $2 to $3 million to add 40,000 ft² to its Elwood, Kan., facility. The company will install freezer storage and around 8,000 pallet spaces to help meet demand from customers in the Midwest.