EXCLUSIVE: Americold’s Port Saint John bet stitching DP World and CPKC into one cold chain
Cold chain warehouse giant Americold is leveraging Canada partnerships to create a North American network. The post EXCLUSIVE: Americold’s Port Saint John bet stitching DP World and CPKC into one cold chain appeared first on FreightWaves .
Americold, a North American company specializing in temperature-controlled warehousing, has opened a new US$80 million import-export hub in Port Saint John, New Brunswick. This facility marks the first time all three of Americold's strategic partners – DP World, CPKC, and Americold itself – have come together under one roof. Rob Chambers, Americold's CEO, highlighted how the partnership of highly specialized entities will create resilience in the cold chain network.
The new facility in Port Saint John is designed to streamline the movement of goods from DP World-operated terminals on the Atlantic seaboard, to CPKC rail lines connecting Central Canada and beyond. The Port Saint John project is located at a site where public and private investments have surged, with DP World's recent $247 million investment in terminal modernization raising its capacity to 1 million TEUs annually.
This new eastern Canadian gateway is designed to bypass inefficient trucking routes and customs clearance procedures by providing direct, temperature-controlled storage in close proximity to the port. By leveraging existing infrastructure and partnerships, Americold aims to offer an efficient, end-to-end solution for cold chain logistics in North America.
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