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PermaCold Builds Cold Storage Near Brunswick

[ August 7, 2025   //   Gary Burrows ]

Georgia Ports broke ground in July on a new PermaCold Logistics 216,000 square-foot cold storage facility near Brunswick, adding 30,000 pallet positions.

The building is being developed by Ti Cold and Karis Cold for PermaCold Logistics at Tidewater Industrial Park in Darien, Ga. Located five minutes from Interstate 95, less than an hour from the Port of Savannah and four hours from Atlanta, the cold storage will provide 20 truck parking spaces and 16 truck bays. The loading dock is 70 feet deep, with a 50-foot clearance inside the building.

“Their decision to invest here will deliver more cold chain service options for port customers and strengthen Savannah’s position as the Southeast’s primary gateway for refrigerated commodities,” said Flavio Batista, Georgia Ports CCO.

Opening in 2026, the USDA-certified location expects to employ 50 people to handle protein exports and imports such as frozen seafood. About 40 percent of all frozen poultry that leaves the U.S. does so through the Port of Savannah, making it the nation’s busiest gateway for poultry exports. Refrigerated goods helps support domestic producers by providing a steady supply of empty containers to carry U.S. exports.

The operation will have the capacity to blast freeze 600,000 pounds per day. The site will use QFM equipment that freezes product up to 80 percent faster than conventional blast freezers, the fastest, most energy efficient way to freeze palletized product, PermaCold said.

Tags: Georgia Ports Authority, PermaCold Logistics