The loading dock is formed and almost ready to be poured.
Stripping the wall at the loading dock after the first pour.
Equipment room fans arrive on site.
First steel truck is on site and being unloaded!
Backfilling of the loading dock interior wall.
Progress of steel framing looking North.
Governor Pat McCrory and the North Carolina State Ports Authority, along with USA InvestCo, broke ground on a new 101,000-square-foot cold storage facility this morning. The warehouse facility is located directly on terminal at the Port of Wilmington and is expected to create more than 100 new jobs. North Carolina’s agriculture business has always relied heavily on the Port of Wilmington and this specific construction, offering over 11,000 pallet positions, represents further development in that market.
The Port of Wilmington Cold Storage Facility is the first cold storage facility located on a port in the state of North Carolina. Previously, […]
The Port of Wilmington Cold Storage facility was featured in a recent article in the Star News. The facility is now slated to be roughly 102,000 square feet rather than the initial 75,000 square feet as initially planned. Principal, Chuck Schoninger, expects the facility to break ground in May of 2014 and be fully operational by January 2015.
You can read the full article on the Star News website.
Department of Transportation chief Tony Tata, said that the search is on for the new Ports Authority Executive. Tata, visited the Port of Wilmington with Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday, said that, after conducting an international search, officials had narrowed the field of candidates considerably and would begin interviews shortly.
When the N.C. Ports Authority, which manages both the Port of Wilmington and the Port of Morehead City, was transferred from the N.C. Department of Commerce to the N.C. Department of Transportation in 2011, the authority’s board of directors saw its powers diminish, including, apparently, the power to hire and fire […]
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory toured the Port of Wilmington last week and spoke about the promising future of the NC Ports System. McCrory met with USA InvestCo and Port of Wilmington Cold Storage principals Charles Schoninger and Chuck McCarthy. He also visited the sites of the future wood pellet and cold storage facilities.
“The future is bright,” he said, adding that the state will focus on improving the infrastructure for its two ports, and will continue to seek niche products through which the North Carolina ports can compete effectively with other southeastern U.S. ports, notably those at Charleston and […]
On Monday, Governor Pat McCrory will be visiting the Port of Wilmington, North Carolina. Officials from the Ports Authority and the Port of Wilmington Cold Storage facility will welcome McCrory. You can read the full article on the Time Warner Cable News site.
Next week, Port of Wilmington Cold Storage Principal Chuck McCarthy will be attending the International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2014 IPPE will bring together more than 1,100 exhibitors and over 25,000 attendees in Atlanta from January 28 – 30, 2014.
If you would like to meet with Chuck McCarthy during the expo, you can email him at [email protected] or schedule a meeting by phone at (910) 251-6160.
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