The nation’s largest network of cold storage facilities and logistics will be honored at the World Trade Center Tacoma’s Sept. 8 Globe Awards for its environmentally advanced Tacoma Tideflats facility.
The annual Port of Tacoma award recognizes Pierce County businesses, organizations and individuals in the maritime, trade and transportation industry that improve our community's quality of life through economic vitality, cultural awareness, environmental stewardship and educational opportunities.
Americold was selected for its 200,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse and distribution center on the Tacoma Tideflats. The energy-efficient facility, which opened in July 2010 under the name VersaCold, added 100 trade-related jobs to our community while providing of temperature-controlled storage and distribution services to area seafood, agriculture, and food manufacturing and retail companies.
Americold's facility incorporates state-of-the-art environmental and conservation features, including motion-sensor LED lights, computer-controlled refrigeration and high-speed doors between cold storage rooms and the dock. It also recycles 50 percent of the facility's waste.
The World Trade Center Tacoma’s annual Globe Awards highlights the importance of trade to the Washington economy by recognizing companies that excel in international trade. The winners will be honored at a dinner at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 8 at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma. For more information about the awards event, visit www.wtcta.org.
About Americold
Americold is the global leader in temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics to the food industry, offering the most comprehensive warehousing, transportation and logistics solutions in the world. Based in Atlanta, Americold owns and operates 182 temperature-controlled warehouses, with more than 1.1 billion cubic feet of storage, in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, China, Argentina and Canada. Americold’s warehouses are an integral component of the supply chain connecting food producers, processors, distributors and retailers to consumers. Americold serves more than 3,000 customers, and employs 12,000 associates worldwide. For more information about Americold visit www.americold.com.
About the Port of Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma is an economic engine for South Puget Sound, with more than 43,000 family-wage jobs in Pierce County and 113,000 jobs across Washington state connected to Port activities. A major gateway to Asia and Alaska, the Port of Tacoma is among the largest container ports in North America. The Port is also a major center for bulk, breakbulk and project/heavy-lift cargoes, as well as automobiles and trucks.