Maine
Camden Conference explores how Maine’s exporting future is heating up with cold storage
PORTLAND — Prospects for a serious growth of Maine’s position within the enterprise of refrigerated cargo exports will enhance dramatically with the anticipated 2024 completion of the Maine Worldwide Chilly Storage Facility, now beneath building on the Portland waterfront, in accordance with Camden Convention, in a information launch.
The anticipated advantages to Maine commerce of the 107,000 sq. foot, $55 million mission will probably be mentioned in depth by a panel at Hannaford Corridor on the College of Southern Maine in Portland on Wednesday, Nov. 16, from 7 p.m. to eight:30 p.m., offered by the Camden Convention, a nonprofit, nonpartisan academic group devoted to fostering knowledgeable discourse on world affairs.
Co-sponsoring the occasion are the Maine Worldwide Commerce Middle, the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, and the College of Southern Maine.
The brand new facility is anticipated to satisfy the refrigerated cargo demand of Icelandic transport firm Eimskip and be giant sufficient to accommodate prospects from meals, beverage, and bio-pharmaceutical industries in Maine, New England, and past.
The Hannaford Corridor panel will embrace Wade Merritt, president of Maine Worldwide Commerce Middle; Matthew Burns, govt director of Maine Port Authority; and Briana Warner, CEO of Atlantic Sea Farms, the main seaweed aquaculture firm in america. The dialogue will be moderated by Carol Coultas, enterprise initiatives editor of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram.
The dialogue may even cowl the final outlook for Maine exports and enhancements to Maine seaports.
The panel is free and open to the general public and could also be attended in particular person or by Zoom.
The Hannaford Corridor occasion is held in anticipation of the 2023 Camden Convention, World Commerce and Politics: Managing Turbulence, to be held reside the weekend of February 17 – 19, 2023 on the Camden Opera Home and live-streamed to venues in Portland, Rockland and Belfast. See camdenconference.org for extra info.