RSA Cold Chain is a joint venture of Dubai-based supply chain company, RSA Global, and Americold, the Atlanta-US-based company with global operations in temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics.

This new facility will be designed, built, and operated by RSA Cold Chain on a 100,000 m2 plot in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza). The facility will bring 40,000 new pallet positions to the port area while providing multi-temperature capabilities, both bonded and non-bonded solutions, and connectivity to DP World’s logistics solutions.

Construction of the new facility is set to begin in early 2024 with completion expected by Q1 2025.

The development will combine RSA Cold Chain’s temperature-controlled infrastructure and operational expertise with DP World’s extensive port facilities and market reach to optimise temperature-sensitive food flows in and out of the Middle East.

• DP World is promoting a coalition of interest to see the long-established frozen foods temperature storage and transportation norm of -18 deC be changed to -15 degC. This, it says, would create create energy savings of around 25 terawatt-hours (TW/h) and cut supply chain costs by 5%-12% without comprising food integrity or safety. This is based on research by the Paris-based International Institute of Refrigeration, the UK University of Birmingham and London South Bank University, among others. “Members” of the coalition are said to include AJC Group, A P Moller-Maersk, Daikin, the Global Cold Chain Alliance, Kuehne + Nagel International, Lineage Logistics, MSC and Ocean Network Express.