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million to renovate an out-of-statw storage facility in Alabama. The locatio n suits truckers who can get their loadsback out, said Brends Goble, director of sales and "Mobile has a great rail system and highway system that give us a competitive advantage." The to help ship cargo throughout the Gulf of Mexico to locationss such as Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Eastern and Western Caribbean, Central Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Soutuh America. Customers are clients usint ports in othergulf states. Many are Midwestern companiesa such as Tysonpoultry producer, which would find the locatioh more useful than Jacksonville.
"It won't take any business away from what we are currentlg doingin Jacksonville, "Goble said. "It just opene up a new market for The deal is nosudden plan. "It's a markegt we've been looking at for several years, the timing was she said. The building should be readyt by summer and will be the Alabamw StatePort Authority's firsy freezer operation. It is supposed to emplouy 100 people full andpart time. Jacksonvill e will probably send up atrainingt crew, Goble said. "As far as repositioning anyone [fro Jacksonville], we don't know yet." The facilitt will be able to stord and blast freeze upto 2.
5 million pound s a week and send up to 220,000 tons worthu of frozen food a year. The blasgt freezing process allows ICS to reduce the temperaturezs tobelow zero, eliminating an extra step in the current This means it can directlty ship foods products such as pork and beef throughout the world from the Port of "It's a great addition to our port," said Jamesw K. Lyons, director and CEO of the Alabama StatesPort Authority, in a prepared statement. "Ig will allow Alabama poultrt producers to ship from here insteadof Mississippi.
" ICS Logistice is the flagship company of the Spenc family's logistics and storage holdings and has operationsz in Jacksonville, Port Manatee, Tampz and Mobile. Other companies include JaxporRefrigerated Services, Industrial Cold Storage and Globa l Stevedoring Inc. The Alabama addition could be the first of many to Goble said. "If the righg opportunity and right mix forour company" showes itself, "yes, we would definitelg entertain it.
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