New paper warehouse opens in Philadelphia
The Port of Philadelphia held a grand opening for a new, 115,000-square-foot forest products warehouse at Pier 74a in south Philadelphia.
The warehouse is an new addition to the Forest Products Distribution Center operated by Penn Warehousing & Distribution Inc., with stevedoring services provided by J.H. Stevedoring Inc. The Forest Products Distribution Center encompasses Piers 78/78a, Piers 80/80a, Piers 38/40, and, now, Pier 74a.
'In the intensely competitive world of maritime commerce, this excellent facility will allow us to better serve our existing customers, as well as help us attract new ones,” said James T. McDermott Jr. executive director of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority.
Most of the cargo handled at the Forest Products Distribution Center are rolls of high quality coated paper from Finland and Sweden as well as other European countries and South America. Some newsprint also comes into the facility.
The port recently announced Finnish paper company M-real will begin using the Forest Product Distribution Center.