Americold Opens $120M Cold Storage Hub at CPKC Kansas City Terminal

Americold Realty Trust has opened a $100+ million Import-Export Hub in Kansas City, Missouri, in partnership with Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), marking its first facility on the CPKC rail network. This 335,000-square-foot hub serves as a critical node for the Mexico Midwest Express (MMX), North America’s only single-line rail service for refrigerated goods between the U.S. and Mexico, enabling faster and more efficient cross-border food transportation. Key features include on-site USDA inspections to eliminate border delays, container load capacity exceeding 50,000 pounds to reduce highway congestion, and a 300-mile service radius supporting regional food flow. The hub also functions as a strategic consolidation point for longer-haul shipments, including flows from Canada to Mexico, addressing border inefficiencies and trucking challenges. The facility is expected to create nearly 190 new jobs and exemplifies a growing strategic collaboration between Americold and CPKC to enhance North American cold chain logistics. Both companies emphasize that this hub is the first of many similar facilities planned to further unlock efficient food movement across the continent.