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Georgia: Nordic doubles size of its Savannah Operation

Nordic Logistics and Warehousing has doubled capacity at its Savannah location, holding a ribbon cutting April 15 for a new 200,000-square-foot cold storage and blast freezing facility just six miles from the Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City Container Terminal.

"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 chief executive officer of Nordic.

Nordic, a member of AGRO Merchants Group, LLC, opened its initial 200,000 square-foot cold storage warehouse in Savannah on April 11, 2013. Nordic's Phase I facility has exported more than a half 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 consumer market across the U.S. Southeast," said Griff Lynch, incoming executive director at the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA).

Nordic's Phase II increases employment by approximately 70 associates at its cold storage warehouse. The 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," he said.

The GPA'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 can power a total of 3,234 chilled containers at a time.

 
A worker moves cargo in the new cold storage facility at Nordic Logistics and Warehousing. The 200,000 square-foot facility will handle both refrigerated and frozen cargo.
Photo/Georgia Ports Authority

 

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