warehouses and distribution centers

Running on Ice: Frosting the nation with warehouses

Hello, and welcome to the coolest community in freight! Here you’ll find the latest information on warehouse news, tech developments and all things reefer madness-related. I’m your controller of the thermostat, Mary O’Connell. Thanks for having me!

All thawed out
(Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

A new cold storage facility in Cleveland has brought immediate relief to cold shippers in the form of Cleveland Cold Storage. The facility has 150,000 square feet of storage that goes to minus 10...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/running-on-ice-frosting-the-nation-with-warehouses

Rail Roundup: CenterPoint, G&W provide development updates

A photograph of a Genesee & Wyoming train.CenterPoint acquires Houston-area distribution facility

Industrial real estate developer CenterPoint Properties has acquired a rail-served distribution facility that has access to three railroads via the Port Terminal Railroad Association: Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP), BNSF (NYSE: BRK) and Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU). 

The facility sits on 31 acres in Pasadena, Texas. It is a Class A, 601,261-square-foot building. The property has six rail spurs that can serve railcar storage capacity, and it...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rail-roundup:-centerpoint-g;w-provide-development-updates

Warehouses must brace for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Red truck parked at warehouse

By Bob La Loggia, Chief Executive Officer, Opendock

A coronavirus vaccine will likely be approved by early 2021, as several pharmaceutical companies continue phase three trials and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to utilize an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). What’s less clear, however, is when the average person will be able to access the vaccine. The political climate adds to the confusion, as politicians frequently state their own predictions regarding vaccine availability,...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/warehouses-must-brace-for-covid-19-vaccine-distribution

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