is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . january 2012 new orleans cold storage type private industry refrigerated warehousing and supply chain management founded new orleans louisiana headquarters new orleans louisiana key people mark blanchard president & ceo services refrigerated warehousing and supply chain logistics number of employees 2 200 stevedores 250 support and executive staff website www.nocs.com contents 1 history 2 operating units 3 locations 3.1 port of new orleans 3.2 jourdan road 3.3 henry clay 3.4 port of charleston 3.5 port of houston 4 see also 5 external links 6 references history edit established in 1886 new orleans cold storage and warehouse co. is claimed to be the oldest cold storage company in north america citation needed . operating units edit nocs currently has 4 facilities with over 15 000 000 cubic feet of refrigerated space ; located in 3 strategic port cities new orleans la ; houston tx ; and charleston sc . locations edit port of new orleans edit there are currently two locations in new orleans at jourdan road and at the henry clay avenue wharf . 1 jourdan road edit nocs jourdan facility the jourdan road warehouse was built in 2003 and has 160 000 square feet 4 500 000 cubic feet of refrigerated cold storage warehouse with a total storage capacity of 46 000 000 lbs of product . it features 24 truck bays and three vessel berths and maintains usda export certification approval from the russian confederation for poultry exports and approval for poultry and beef exports to mexico . it is especially designed to blast freeze meat and poultry to 0 degrees fahrenheit within 24 hours with a total capacity of 1 200 000 lbs a day . henry clay edit the facility at henry clay also located in new orleans was constructed in 2012 with 127 000 square feet 5 100 000 cubic feet of cold storage warehouse with a total storage capacity of 38 000 000 pounds of product . this plant has riverfront bulk break access as well as direct access to the port of new orleans container port . this facility has 2 vessel berths and 20 dock doors and is located with in one mile to the container terminal . also this facility has access to all major u.s. rail carriers . it maintains usda export certification and approval from the russian confederation for poultry exports . it is especially designed to blast freeze meat and poultry at 0 degrees fahrenheit within 24 hours with a total capacity of 1 240 000 lbs . a day . port of charleston edit nocs charleston facility the south atlantic plant was built in 1987 in charleston sc . at 1 500 000 cubic feet 42 000 m3 this facility can blast freeze up to 320 000 lbs of meat and poultry a day . there are 16 truck platforms as well as the warehouse being accessible to all railroads that serve charleston sc norfolk southern and csx directly . this facility is certified for russian meat and poultry shipments . port of houston edit nocs houston facility the west gulf warehouse was built in 1984 in la porte tx . at 140 000 square feet 13 000 m2 and 4 200 000 cubic feet 120 000 m3 this facility can blast freeze up to 1 280 000 lbs of meat and poultry a day . there are 32 truck platforms as well as the warehouse being accessible to all class 1 railroads serving the houston area . it also maintains certifications for russian poultry shipments as well as russian export and russian pork trichinosis certifications . it is a usda approved meat inspection establishment and has the ability to do trichinae testing . see also edit warehouse distribution business logistics food refrigeration supply chain external links edit new orleans cold storage official homepage references edit breakbulk.com port of new orleans approves new cold storage warehouse 1 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title new orleans cold storage & oldid 743576670 categories companies based in new orleanshidden categories orphaned articles from january 2012all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 07 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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