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Nordic Logistics and Warehousing has doubled capacity at its Savannah location after opening a new 200,000-square-foot cold storage and blast freezing facility.
"Exactly three years ago, Nordic opened its doors here in Savannah to give our customers the logistical advantages that come with one of America's most efficient ports, combined with the superior connectivity of Interstates 95 and 16," said Don Schoenl, president and CEO of Nordic.
A member of AGRO Merchants Group, Nordic opened its first 200,000 square-foot cold storage warehouse in Savannah in April 2013. Nordic's Phase I facility has exported over half a million tons of frozen food since its opening.
"Nordic's expansion here is a powerful endorsement of the Port of Savannah's expertise in handling refrigerated cargo, and its ability to meet the demands of producers as well as a growing
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consumer market across the U.S. Southeast," said Griff Lynch, incoming executive director at the Georgia Ports Authority.
Phase II is just six miles from the Port of Savannah. The site's second building can hold more than 20,000 tons of cargo at a time. Ross Maple, Director of Business Strategy for Nordic, said the added space will bring the company's total Savannah capacity to almost 50,000 tons of cargo.
"With the port's deepening project, post-Panamax ships and continued growth of the area, we are building not only for our current customers, but our future growth and new commodities as well," Maple said.
The Georgia Ports Authority's Garden City container terminal features 104 refrigerated cargo racks plus 738 plug-ins for containers on chassis. At 24 container slots per rack, it has the on-terminal ability to power a total of 3,234 chilled containers at a time.
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