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Home Maritime Tenth Avenue Cargo Terminal Refrigerated Container Facility and Cold Storage

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Refrigerated Container Facility and Cold Storage

Refrigerated Container Facility

  • 20.7-acre refrigerated container facility
  • 511 refrigerated container plugs (480V each)
  • 294,000 sq. ft. refrigerated warehouse
  • Three 2,500KV substations
  • A 10,000-square-foot maintenance and repair building
  • 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