Georgia Ports expands cold storage with new MEDLOG facility

Georgia Ports added a new cold storage facility located only 30 minutes from the port. The nearly 300,000-square-foot infrastructure will be operated by MEDLOG, a leading global provider of logistics and supply chain solutions, and will act as a hub for protein exports and other temperature-controlled cargo.

“We want to welcome MEDLOG’s newest cold chain facility in the world to Savannah," said Griff Lynch, Georgia Ports President and CEO. "We appreciate MEDLOG and MSC’s vision, leadership, partnership, research, and investment that went into this strategic site selection.”

The facility is located in Rincon, Ga. (18 miles from the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal), and is projected to create more than 100 new jobs and generate $65 million in economic impact for the state of Georgia.

MEDLOG's top-of-the-line cold chain facility

The facility features 42 loading docks, 20,000 freezer/cooler pallet positions, and the ability to complete up to three million pounds of protein blast freezing per day using the largest blast room in the nation.

It is the first cold chain facility in Savannah with a rail siding capacity for 18 rail cars, which opens new markets in the Midwest for frozen beef and pork. 

“Today’s investment is the latest in a series of strategic infrastructure projects across the US that enhance our unique ability to serve supply chain requirements," said Giuseppe Prudente, Chairman of MEDLOG. "Combined with the world’s largest ocean liner, MEDLOG’s cold chain integrity and rapidly expanding multimodal transportation solutions are unrivalled."

In addition to frozen goods, the facility's high-tech refrigeration capabilities can handle fresh produce imports, including citrus, avocados, grapes, and blueberries.

Georgia, a cold chain gateway

With the addition of MEDLOG’s Rincon facility, the region now features nearly 2.4 million square feet of near-port cold storage space across a dozen facilities.

The gateway Port of Savannah has the capacity to power 3,800 refrigerated containers simultaneously, which is more than any other US port.

The US Department of Agriculture, FDA, and Customs inspections are all performed on-port in a temperature-controlled environment, with lower costs and improved handling of perishables and frozen commodities.

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