Titan Cold Storage, a provider of middle-market refrigerated and cold storage solutions, recently partnered with Tampa developer Richard Corbett to manage Port Logistics Refrigerated Service (PLRS), a cold storage and port terminal operations facility at Port Tampa Bay.
The company said PLRS Powered By Titan Cold is ideally positioned to serve Central Florida and the Southeast, and enable expansion into the Midwest by truck and CSX rail service. Under the partnership, Titan will handle the operations, marketing and sales for the state-of-the-art PLRS facility and its port terminal operations.
“Titan Cold Storage is rapidly expanding,” said Kevin Kaseff, Titan Cold president. “Over the past year, we have doubled our presence in the west, and our growth in the east will allow us to leverage our existing customer base and provide a wider range of services. PLRS has tremendous growth potential and our goal is to triple the throughput over the next five years.”
PLRS is Tampa Bay’s newest, 135,000-square-foot facility, designed for handling large volumes of imported and exported cargo, specializing in fresh produce, proteins, and other perishable food and beverage commodities. Regional imports and exports are currently being shipped to and from Mexico, Costa Rica, and other Central American countries, as well as domestic U.S. ports such as Brownsville TX. The facility’s temperature-controlled warehouse contains separate refrigerated/frozen rooms containing more than 6,300 gravity-fed pallet positions, 152 reefer plugs and a fumigation building.
PLRS Powered By Titan Cold is a full-service, flexible and independent self-contained port terminal operation situated on 13.7 acres along BERTH 219 hosting two high-speed Gottwald cranes and its own Radiation Portal Monitor.
Titan Cold’s staff is customer-service driven, the company said, offering the best service in the industry with rates below major cold storage players. The facility has an on-site customs inspection area, dedicated refrigerated fumigation services and customs lab, with the ability to expand to add ripening rooms and repacking services. It is located at Berth 219, which has a channel depth of 41 feet and can simultaneously accommodate two large ships and barges, while offering access to CSX railways and the I-75/275 and I-4 transportation corridor.
The Tampa/Orlando I-4 Corridor is the state’s largest and fastest growing market, as well as being Florida’s distribution hub for the grocery/food and beverage sector. In addition, other Southeastern markets such as Atlanta and Charlotte are accessible by truck with one day runs, improving supply chain logistics for the Southeast U.S.
Titan Cold Storage’s full-service, temperature-controlled warehouses feature an advanced WMS system and specially racked storage rooms, with a strict emphasis on food safety throughout the process.
“Our biggest advantages are our stevedoring expertise and equipment that gives us the edge to have a quick turnover on loading and unloading ocean freight, a favored logistics hub for its proximity to trucking and rail lines,” said Carel Els, Titan’s vice president of operations.
