Samherji invests in a Cold store

18.12.2003
Samherji invests in a Cold store
Samherji hf and Framherji aps. have bought 42% share in the cold store Bergfrost in Fuglafjordur in the Faroe Islands. The cold storage is in three tunnels, which have been blasted out of the mountain.  Total size of the three tunnels is 50 thousand cubic, which take up to 13 thousand tons of frozen products on pallets.  Bergfrost´s management is more economic than regular cold stores since it takes less energy to sustain frost inside the mountain.  A building of 700 square meters is under construction on the premises for sorting and  registering products.

 

"The production of frozen pelagic fish has increased and this investment will give us the opportunity to adapt to the development, especially regarding to transporting products to distant markets", says Unnar Jónsson Samherji´s shipping supervisor.  "The tramp steamer Green Snow took 1.650 tons of frozen herring in Neskaupstaður this week, which was discharged in Fuglafjordur yesterday, so our first shipment has already been transferred to Bergfrost".
More information can be acquired in Bergfrost´s home page www.bergfrost.com .

 

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