As the industry enters 2021 with high demand for cold storage space, one segment perhaps lost in the flurry of inland temperature-controlled construction projects is port cold storage, which has also addressed the need for increased capacity in recent years.
“Cold storage at the Port of Oakland has doubled in the past 10 years,” says Andrew Hwang, the Port of Oakland’s manager of maritime business development and international marketing. “Our current capacity is about 500,000 square feet of temperature-sensitive facilities.”