Source: WILMINGTON BIZ, 4/15/22

The Port of Wilmington will soon feature even more room equipped to temporarily store refrigerated containers.  Last month, the N.C. State Port Authority Board of Directors voted to authorize phase two of its reefer yard expansion, a nearly $22.6 million project.  The first $14 million phase, which wrapped in May 2020, introduced 540 new plugs to the port, bringing its total to 775. These plugs are used to allow refrigerated containers arriving from or preparing to exit ocean-bound ships to remain powered and protect temperature-sensitive goods, like produce, meats and pharmaceutical products.

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