Hands off: Automated unloads, storage coming to Canadian distribution center

Groupe Robert is investing CA$150 million in an automated distribution center.

Imagine a distribution center that only requires the push of a button and waiting a few minutes to unload a truck. Then, a conveyor belt automatically moves pallets into a cold storage tower with no human interaction.

An automated distribution center with these features and capacity for 60,000 pallets of fresh and frozen foods is coming to Varennes, Quebec, in early 2023.

Groupe Robert, one of Canada’s largest trucking and logistics companies, is investing CA$150 million ($120 million) in just...

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Cold chain provider FreezPak Logistics announces Port Elizabeth site

New FreezPak Logistics facility near Port Elizabeth

Third-party food logistics company FreezPak Logistics has announced plans to build a 140,000-square-foot facility near Port Elizabeth in New Jersey.

The Carteret, New Jersey-based company said its fifth location, located approximately five miles from the Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal, will be its first with an automated storage and retrieval system. The plans announced in a press release Monday call for the location to be outfitted with 12 robots, which can automatically store and...

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FreightWaves Flashback 1955: Frozen food without refrigeration

The many industries that make up the world of freight have undergone tremendous change over the past several decades. Each Friday, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.

The following is an excerpt from the September 1955 edition of the Jacksonville Seafarer.

Florida’s huge frozen food and fruit concentrate industries have more than a passing interest in a...

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Lineage Logistics acquires 14 facilities in Henningsen Cold Storage deal

In a May 28 press release, Lineage Logistics announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Henningsen Cold Storage and its 14 facilities, which are predominantly located throughout the Pacific Northwest.

The Novi, Michigan-based temperature-controlled logistics provider expects the deal to build out its network of facilities in the region and provides it with new roots in Idaho, North Dakota and Oklahoma.

Transaction terms were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close “in the coming...

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