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Maritime Operations
687 Switzer Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 686-8111
FAX: (619) 686-8055
Maritime Trade
645 Switzer Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 686-6300
FAX: (619) 686-7288
Tenth Ave Marine Terminal
623 Switzer Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 686-6346
FAX: (619) 686-6354
Cruise Ship Terminal
1140 N. Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 683-8966
FAX: (619) 683-8968
National City Terminal
1400 W.Bay Marina Dr.
National City 91950
Phone: (619) 683-8963
FAX: (619) 683-8964
US Customs and
Border Protection
(619) 685-4300
610 West Ash St. #1005
San Diego, CA 92101
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Refrigerated Container Facility and Cold Storage
The Cold Storage Facility, operated by Harborside Refrigerated Services, is a 300,000 square foot, state-of-the-art on-dock facility that provides a carefully controlled atmosphere for storage of a wide variety of fresh produce and perishables.
These include meat, poultry, seafood, citrus, bananas, apples, pears, kiwi, avocados, broccoli, concentrates, dairy and egg products, grapes, kabocha squash, mangoes, melons, stonefruit, strawberries and tomatoes.
Refrigerated Container Facility
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20.7-acre refrigerated container facility
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511 refrigerated container plugs (480V each)
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294,000 sq. ft. refrigerated warehouse
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Three 2,500KV substations
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A 10,000-square-foot maintenance and repair building
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A container wash structure
Cold Storage Facility
- Deep water multiple vessel berthing
- Depth alongside wharf: -30 feet to -35 feet (-9.14 meters to -10.67 meters)
- Vessel to cold storage: 300-800 feet
- 8 rooms with individual temperature and humidity control
- Additional off-dock storage: 2,400,000 cubic feet freezer/chill and 480 tons blast-freezing capability
- Refrigeration-Ammonia-based refrigerant system utilizing a secondary brine cooling media
- Each cool room has a separate brine system and pump rooms to prevent odor/gas from traveling between rooms
- Capable of rapid pull down of product temperatures under controlled humidity from 60°F to 34°F in 24 hours
- Computerized inventory system with barcoding
- 24-hour operation with temperature monitoring and terminal security
- Adjacent railcar siding and truck loading
- U.S. Customs and federal (USDA) inspection services
- Minutes from Interstates 5, 8 and 15
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