April 20, 2021 By Frank McCormack
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, Port NOLA President and CEO Brandy Christian, and Greg Lehmkuhl, president and CEO of Lineage Logistics, gathered at the New Orleans Cold Storage (NOCS) facility on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in New Orleans East April 6 to break ground on a $42 million expansion project.
Lineage Logistics, which globally operates more than 340 refrigerated facilities that account for more than 2.1 billion cubic feet of cold storage capacity, acquired New Orleans Cold Storage, which also operates a facility at the port’s Henry Clay Avenue Wharf, in 2020 as part of its acquisition of Emergent Cold. With roots going back to the 1880s, New Orleans Cold Storage is the oldest refrigerated cargo storage facility in the United States.
Lineage Logistics Investing $42M In Port Of New Orleans Expansion
The expansion of Lineage Logistics Port of New Orleans cold-storage facility will create 50 new jobs and support the state s $1.6 billion poultry industry. BF Staff
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Lineage Logistics Investing $42M In Port Of New Orleans Expansion
The expansion of Lineage Logistics cold-storage facility will create 50 new jobs and support the state s $1.6 billion poultry industry.
April 8, 2021
Lineage Logistics Investing $42M In Port Of New Orleans Expansion
At the Port of New Orleans, Lineage Logistics will invest $42 million to expand its Jourdan Road cold-storage facility in New Orleans East, where it plans to create 50 new direct jobs. One of two major Lineage facilities at the Port of New Orleans, the cold-storage complex along the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal will grow from 160,000 square feet to 304,000 square feet. The company will retain 188 existing jobs with the new project, whil
Gov. Edwards Announces Lineage Logistics to Expand at Port of New Orleans
“Lineage and Port NOLA have worked closely on this project to accommodate growing volumes and new lines of export agriculture commodities, and a growing trade of fresh produce imports.”
Posted: Apr 6, 2021 3:54 PM
Posted By: Akemi Briggs
BATON ROUGE Gov. John Bel Edwards, Port of New Orleans President and CEO Brandy D. Christian, and Lineage Logistics President and CEO Greg Lehmkuhl announced the company will build a $42 million expansion of its Jourdan Road cold-storage facility in New Orleans East, where Lineage plans to create 50 new direct jobs.
One of two major Lineage facilities at the Port of New Orleans, the cold-storage complex at Jourdan Road along the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal will grow from 160,000 square feet to 304,000 square feet. The company will retain 188 existing Louisiana jobs with the new project, while creating an estimated 50 new direct maritime and warehousing jobs wit