“Cool Port” in Oakland launched to serve ag shippers

Lineage Logistics, LLC (“ldquo;Lineage”) and Dreisbach Enterprises (“Dreisbach”) today announced the official opening of Lineage Cool Port Oakland (“Cool Port”), what they describe as the world’s latest next-generation cold storage and logistics facility.

Set on 25 acres at the Port of Oakland’s waterfront, Cool Port will serve as the newest hub for temperature-controlled cargo transitioning through Northern California.  

Cool Port is a collaboration between warehousing and logistics industry leaders Lineage and Dreisbach, with additional funding and support from the Port of Oakland and the State of California.

A secure, fully cold-chain compliant facility, Cool Port offers 20,000 pallet positions, has three blast cells and includes a 100,000-square-foot, high-cube, multi-temperature storage environment. The new facility also supports a full range of services including rail transload and truck cross-dock operations, frozen and refrigerated storage, import-export services, onsite U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection and labeling capabilities. 

According to spokesmen, Cool Port will “significantly” reduce truck usage compared to standard temperature-controlled facilities, resulting in reduced diesel emissions. Up to 36 railcars per day can go straight to shipping containers to be loaded eliminating the burdensome need to load cargo onto trucks for transfer between ships and rail.

Cargo-handling equipment for Lineage Cool Port is also 100% electric-powered, which is projected to prevent nearly 9,000 pounds of CO2 emissions in the first five years of operation.  Cool Port will also use lightweight chassis and tractors to increase pounds per container, decreasing shipping costs and lowering transaction complexity.