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12 J U LY 2014 ❯❯ FO O D LO G I S T I C S W W W . F O O D L O G I S T I C S . C O M Kroger To Build 1M-Square-Foot Cold Storage Facility In Georgia The Kroger Co. selected Primus Builders to provide design-build services on a new, 1 million-square-foot, cold storage distribution facility to be located on the old Fort Gillem Army base in Forest Park, Ga. The facil- ity will service opera- tions in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. The former army base was officially transferred from the Department of Defense to the city of Forest Park and will be re-named Gillem Logistics Center. Lineage Logistics Completes Acquisitions Of Loop Cold Storage, Oneida Cold Storage And Millard Refrigerated Services Lineage Logistics, a warehousing and logis- tics company backed by Bay Grove, has com- pleted the acquisition of Loop Cold Storage, Oneida Cold Storage and Millard Refrigerat- ed Services, which was previously announced in March. The company has also broken ground on a new facility near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif. With these three acquisitions, Lineage expands its national cold storage footprint to over 544 million cubic feet and a facility network of 102 facilities in 21 states. Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed. Based in McAllen, Texas, Loop Cold Stor- age has the largest cold storage operation on the U.S.-Mexico border, servicing the imports of fruits and vegetables and specializing in the international produce trade. In addition to cold storage services, Loop provides value- added packaging and cooler services for pro- duce distributors. Former owner John McGuire has joined Lineage's management team as vice president of fresh business to focus on developing Lin- eage's fresh services segment. Jacksonville, Fla. Harbor Deepening Project Begins Federal, state and local leaders joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and JAX- PORT leadership along the St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville, Fla. to mark the start of the pre-construction, engineering and design phase of the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project. The initial engineering and design work is expected to take 18 months. Deepening con- struction could begin as early as 2016. Procter & Gamble To Open Dayton, Ohio Distribution Center; Will Employ 800 Procter & Gamble will open a 1-million- square-foot distribu- tion center in Day- ton, Ohio near the Dayton International Airport. The $90 million distribution center will employ 800 employees and hiring will likely begin in November, said Lynn Anderson, vice president of communications for Exel, the company that will handle logistics at the facility. The company expects to work with the Montgomery County Jobs Center and others to find the best employees, and there may T he Ministry of Com- merce (MOFCOM) of the People's Republic of China denied support to the P3 Network, pro- posed by Mærsk A/S (Maersk Line), the Mediterranean Ship- ping Company S.A. and other organizations, according to news reports. The MOFCOM's decision follows a review under China's merger control rules. "The Partners take note of and respect MOFCOM's decision. Subsequently, the Partners have agreed to stop the preparatory work on the P3 Network and the P3 Network as initially planned will not come into existence. The lack of implementation of the P3 Network will have no material impact on the Maersk Group's expected result for 2014," Mærsk A/S said in a statement. The P3 Network agreement had received support from the U.S. and the European Union. L O G I S T I C S T R E N D S I N O U R I N D U S T R Y FOOD ON THE MOVE China Denies Support For P3 Network Photo ©Tonya M. Austin, City of Jacksonville Federal, state and local leaders joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and JAXPORT leadership along the St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville to mark the start of the pre-construction, engineer- ing and design phase of the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project. The initial engineering and design work is expected to take 18 months.