Apollo Freight has opened a 16,000ft2 refrigerated warehouse just east of Los Angeles international airport in California, the US, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
The facility, which can handle 100 tonnes a day and bring in US$90m annually in revenue, was apparently unveiled on 28 November by Apollo's parent company Mercury Air Group.
Apollo has seen its capacity more than double, providing more space to handle California produce headed to Asia and the Middle East, as well as for processing imported goods and those on the way from Central and South America to Europe and Asia.
While southern California dominates maritime imports, currently most airfreighted perishable items enter the US through Miami’s international airport and then trucked onto destination markets.
This new coldstore however could help southern California expand its perishable import trade, the report said.
“There is ample room for Los Angeles to grow in moving perishables,' said David A. Herbst, executive vice-president of Mercury Air Group.
Miami International handled 73 per cent of the more than 181,000 tonnes of fruit and vegetables imported to the US by air last year, according to Los Angeles World Airports, the city department that operates LAX.
LAX, meanwhile, came in third position for fruit and vegetable imports, behind Miami and New York’s John F. Kennedy international airport, with a 5.02 per cent share.
The opening of the new coldstore has increased the area’s refrigerated warehouse space for airfreighted goods by 35.5 per cent, according Victor J. Adducie, general manager for Apollo Freight.
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