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10/13/2021
Tiger Cool Express has signed a letter of intent to acquire Union Pacific Railroad's former Cold Connect warehouse and develop an adjacent intermodal ramp in Wallula, Washington.
The envisioned Tiger Tri-Cities Logistics Center will be designed to benefit the agricultural community in the three-state region by providing cost-effective and environmentally benign transportation capacity, Tiger Cool officials said in a press release.
Initially, the service is intended to be offered between Wallula and the Northwest Seaport Alliance on-dock facilities for dry and reefer exports, as well as between Wallula and Chicago with Tiger Cool Express refrigerated domestic containers and UP refrigerated box cars.
Service scope is expected to expand into other markets, such as the Interstate-5 corridor and Mexico, Tiger Cool officials said. The new service is anticipated to launch in 2022.
"Despite our continued growth and fleet expansion, we realize that our current customers in the Pacific Northwest have a need for a broader portfolio of services,” said Tiger Cool Express Chief Executive Officer Steve Van Kirk.
Last year, UP announced it would cease operations of Cold Connect, a logistics service that moved refrigerated products from the West Coast to a UP warehouse in Rotterdam, New York.