Kansas City, Missouri, USA: Americold plans its first cold store with Canadian Pacific Kansas City, investing $127m in the 335,000 square foot site in Kansas City, Missouri.
George Chappelle, chief executive, Americold, said: “Combining our cold storage capabilities with CPKC’s extensive rail network enables Americold to deliver a differentiated offering to support more customers across North America. We look forward to further collaboration with CPKC to provide world-class service to more customers and strengthen the food supply chain.”
“Americold’s Kansas City facility marks the first of many new Americold warehouse facilities we intend to see built on the CPKC network as part of our strategic collaboration,” said Keith Creel, chief executive, Canadian Pacific Kansas City.
“Our unmatched Mexico Midwest Express premium intermodal service will enable Americold customers to transport goods between the US and Mexico more efficiently and effectively than ever before. We look forward to continuing to grow with Americold as we support the cold storage ecosystem.”
The new site will support Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s’s Mexico Midwest Express service, North America’s only single-line rail service offering for refrigerated shippers between US Midwest markets and Mexico. It will also enable more seamless and efficient service for Mexico Midwest Express customers, the company said.
Pending local approvals, the company plans to begin construction in the first half of this year.
