New Orleans Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. is an American company providing refrigerated warehousing in the US port cities of New Orleans, Houston and
Charleston
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. Facilities include refrigerated storage and
blast freezing
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Culinary uses
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, and they maintain USDA and foreign export certifications for meat and poultry.
History
Established in 1886, New Orleans Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. (NOCS) is said to be the oldest cold storage company in
North America.
Operating units
NOCS currently has four facilities with over 15,000,000 cubic feet of refrigerated space located in three
strategic port cities:
Charleston, SC
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There are currently two locations in New Orleans: one at Jourdan Road and one at the Henry Clay Avenue Wharf.BreakBulk.com "Port of New Orleans Approves New Cold Storage Warehouse /ref>
Jourdan Road
The Jourdan Road warehouse was built in 2003 and has 160,000 square feet (4,500,000 cubic feet) of refrigerated cold storage warehouse with a total storage capacity of 46,000,000 lbs of product. It features 24 truck bays and three vessel berths and maintains USDA export certification, approval from the Russian confederation for poultry exports, and approval for poultry and beef exports to Mexico. It is especially designed to blast freeze meat and poultry to 0 degrees Fahrenheit within 24 hours with a total capacity of 1,200,000 lbs a day.
Henry Clay
The facility at Henry Clay, also in New Orleans, was constructed in 2012 with 127,000 square feet (5,100,000 cubic feet) of cold storage warehouse with a total storage capacity of 38,000,000 pounds of product. This plant has riverfront bulk break access as well as direct access to the Port of New Orleans container port. This facility has two vessel berths and 20 dock doors and is located within one mile of the container terminal. This facility has access to all major U.S. rail carriers. It maintains USDA export certification and approval from the Russian confederation for poultry exports. It is especially designed to blast freeze meat and poultry at 0 degrees Fahrenheit within 24 hours with a total capacity of 1,240,000 lbs. a day.
The West Gulf warehouse was built in 1984 in La Porte, TX. At and , this facility can blast freeze up to 1,280,000 lbs of meat and poultry a day. There are 32 truck platforms and the warehouse is accessible to all Class 1 railroads serving the Houston area. It also maintains certifications for Russian poultry shipments as well as Russian export and Russian pork Trichinosis certifications. It is a USDA approved meat inspection establishment and has the ability to do '' Trichinae'' testing.
The South Atlantic plant was built in 1987 in Charleston, SC. At , this facility can blast freeze up to 320,000 lbs of meat and poultry a day. There are 16 truck platforms and the warehouse is accessible to all railroads that serve Charleston, SC ( Norfolk Southern and CSX directly). This facility is certified for Russian meat and poultry shipments.
Food
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Supply Chain
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