Florida East Coast Railway and Blackline Partners developing much needed rail served cold storage with direct access to Port Everglades

1. 250,000+ sf Port Everglades Rail-Served Refrigerated
Transload and Cold Storage Facility
Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) in partnership with Blackline Partners is developing a
state-of-the-art rail-served refrigerated cross dock and cold storage warehouse. The
multi-temperature facility is located on Port Everglades with direct rail service for
boxcars as well as intermodal trailers and containers.
The facility is direct served by the FEC Railway providing local service to eastern and
Central Florida. FEC Railway is connected to the national rail network with 6 daily steel-
wheel interchanges with both CSX and NS over the Jacksonville, FL gateway. Due to the
facilities port presence there is no need for overweight permit for import and export
containers.
The layout of the facility is designed to efficiently accommodate high speed
trailer/container transloading, as well as traditional storage for rail shipped products
destined for the Florida market, for export or for imported goods penetrating the
eastern US.
Warehouse Profile
• 250,000+ square foot facility with 20,000tall pallet positions
• 52 truck dock doors with 24-hour access
• 62 reefer plug & truck staging positions
• 13 rail dock doors
• Direct access to I-595 to I-95, Florida Turnpike, and I-75 and within 1 mile of
Fort Lauderdale International Airport
• Repacking, Quick Chill, Tempering and other services available
• Temperature capabilities include ambient, temperature-controlled, chilled,
super-chilled, frozen and ultra-frozen
• Products handled range from fresh produce, frozen meat and poultry, ice cream,
frozen baked goods, frozen seafood, bulk ingredients and related foods
• Facility will be equipped with electronic cold pasteurization
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2. Rail Capabilities:
• Can accommodate 72’ jumbo and 64’ (internal dimensions) refrigerated boxcars
• Up to 26 box cars can be loaded/unloaded in a 24 hour period
• Additional track will be available for boxcar storage for large volume shippers
• Port location allows for container transfer/transload return
Truck Capabilities:
• Designed to turn over 300 loads daily
• Secured shipping yard to accommodate 70 trailers on concrete slab spaces
• Secured entry and exits with driver phone app integration
• Drop and Pick with Live load / unload by appointment
• Yard management system for trailer and contents control by the dispatch office
• Yard hostlers provided for the controlled and safe movement of trailers
Sterling Solutions has been engaged by FEC to obtain input from potential customers on
rail needs and service requirements for the facility.
Initial interest from potential customers has been strong due to the rail/port capabilities
as well as operating functionality. Please contact us for additional information.
Contact info:
Nick Pacitti of Sterling Solutions | npacitti@sterlingsolutions.net | 330.217.8005
David Sterling of Sterling Solutions | dsterling@sterlingsolutions.net | 901.233.2180
Bill Swan of Blackline Partners | bswan@blackline-partners.com | 832.745.2625
John Prendergast of Blackline Partners | jprendergast@blackline-partners.com | 617.251.9078