b'november 9 - 22, 2020T emperaTure -C onTrolledl ogisTiCsT ri - annual5(EFFECTScontinuedin cold storage in the vicin- refrigeratedanddrygoods.Refrigerated Cargo by Carrierfrom page 2) ity of the ports, according toThey transport produce outJan-Aug 2019 & Jan-Aug 2020Reidburn. of Wilmington, said Casey,TEUsB ananaV olumesD own SinceGulftainertooktodistributioncentersandCARRIER 2020 2019On the other hand, bananaover operations at the Port ofretail centers as appropriate. OCEAN NETWORK EXPRESS PTE LTD (ONEY) 135,049 141,658imports in Wilmington shrankWilmington under a 50-yearWarehousespaceforMSC-MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY S A (MSCU) 101,435 93,985sinceCOVIDarrived.Theconcession two years ago, itsrefrigeratedcargoesisalsoMAERSK LINE (MAEU) 71,869 70,462likelyreason,accordingtoinvestmentshaveincreasedincreasinginWilmington.HAMBURG SUD (SUDU) 62,890 67,529Casey:bananasarepopularavailablespaceforrefrig- We are in negotiations withCMA-CGM (CMDU) 60,552 52,881EVERGREEN LINE (EGLV) 59,214 51,138in kids lunchboxes, but, sinceeratedgoodshandlingbyacustomerrightnow,saidHAPAG LLOYD A G (HLCU) 54,303 44,478fewer are going to school, par- 200,000 square feet to a totalCasey,fornewwarehous- APL CO PTE LTD-NOL GROUP (APLU) 53,772 49,175ents have eased up on bananaofone-millionsquarefeet.ing and new racking to meetORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE LTD (OOLU) 43,068 43,932buying. Beyond these anoma- ContainerstackshavealsoincreaseddemandandforHYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE (HDMU) 36,478 43,912OTHERS 149,373 120,527lies, Casey says perishablesbeenaddedtoashaveover(EFFECTScontinued onTotal 828,004 779,677havebeenrelativelystable400 new refrigerator plugs.page 7) Source: Descartes/DatamynecomparedtoothergoodsWecontinuetoexpand during the pandemic. those capabilities while makingU.S. Imports of Refrigerated Cargo by CarrierAt the Port of Philadelphia,use of our current footprint atTEUscontainer volumes through thetheport,saidCasey.WeVOCC 2020 - Q1 2019 - Q1 2020 - Q2 2019 - Q2 2020 - Q3 2019 - Q3Packer Avenue Marine Termi- did not stop the yard densi- MSC-MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY S A - MEDU (MSCU) 56,010 45,455 49,538 48,269 67,091 53,696nal are up 5% this year, largelyfication program during theTRANSFRUT EXPRESS LIMITED (TFXL) 60,656 58,819 60,758 58,438 33,447 57,566onthestrengthofincreasedpandemic.TheconstructionSEALAND (SEAU) 38,655 25,785 27,703 20,318 28,898 19,472SEABOARD MARINE LTD (SMLU) 30,323 24,682 20,203 19,503 24,472 20,693perishables volume. We arework continued. MAERSK LINE (MAEU) 17,758 16,544 16,484 19,246 24,353 22,681ontracktorecorddouble- Meanwhile,MomentumHAPAG LLOYD A G (HLCU) 19,486 18,131 16,873 16,737 21,621 22,337digitgrowthinrefrigeratedLogistics,asistercompanyNETWORK SHIPPING LTD (A LIBERIAN COMPANY) (NQSH) 22,942 30,084 23,213 31,050 21,427 24,904CMA-CGM (CMDU) 15,924 14,082 16,651 17,116 20,647 16,557cargo volume for 2020, saidofGTUSAWilmington,HAMBURG SUED (SUDU) 14,321 13,123 15,344 15,506 20,518 16,477LeoHolt,presidentofHoltbegan operations at the portORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE LTD (OOLU) 10,745 8,140 11,055 8,836 15,052 11,357Logistics, which operates thein the last few months, pro- OTHERS 143,553 137,021 120,025 115,023 139,644 116,444Total 430,374 391,864 377,847 370,042 417,170 382,184terminal. Consumer demandviding dray services for bothSource: Descartes/Datamynefor fresh fruits and vegetables remains at an all-time high. The International Association ofRefrigeratedWarehouse (IARW) recently named Holt Logistics Corp. the 13 thlarg-estrefrigeratedwarehous-ing and logistics provider in North America.Thepandemichasalso drivenseaportswithperish-ables capacity to the forefront of food distribution in areas experiencingfoodscarcities duetotheCOVID-19pan-demic. At the Port of Huen-eme, in California, the port, along with Del Monte Fresh Produce,hosted20food distributionsacrossVentura County.Theseeffortshave providedover10,000fami-lieswithbananas,strawber-ries, and produce. Our work does not stop at the docks, said Jess Ramirez, theOxnardHarborDistrict President. Del Monte Fresh Produce, together with Holt Logistics, has also made food donations in the Philadelphia and south-ern New Jersey areas. I nVestment InP erIshaBleI nfrastructureAs the perishables trades continue to increase in impor-tance,portsinvestinthe infrastructurerequiredto handleandstorethem.One key such infrastructure invest-ment in NWSA is at Terminal 5 in Seattle. The investments include1,500newreefer plugs and will allow the facil-ity to handle ultra-large con-tainer ships with a capacity of up to 18,000 TEU.We are just finishing sta-bilizing the pier and we will bebringinginpostpanamax cranes,saidReidburn.We areworkingwithcarriersto encouragethemtobringin more imports of reefer cargo. Construction work at Ter-minal 5 began in early 2019, and has an expected comple-tion date of early 2023. The portregionhasalsoseen recentprivateinvestments'