TIRANA, Nov 1 /ATA/ –By I. Vata/ – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Bledi Çuçi said Friday that the sole refrigerated logistic centre in Albania and the region has been built, marking another milestone investment to assist agricultural sector and agribusiness in Albania has completed recently.
The new cold storage facility is a modern and automated refrigerated logistics centre with a capacity of over 10, 000 tonnes or around 7, 000 pallets, which provides storage conditions for fresh agricultural produce, livestock, seafood, frozen food, industrial and medical products and pharmaceutical drugs.
“An enterprise that the country and the region missed has been built by Armando Ndoka. ‘Cool’ is the only refrigerated centre in Albania and the region that meets the EU standards,” Agriculture Minister said.
“With a capacity of over 10, 000 tonnes or 7,000 pallets, the centre provides best storage conditions for the agricultural and livestock products, seafood, industrial, medical products and pharmaceutical drugs and even cosmetics. ‘Cool’ ensures temperature tracking from storage to distribution operations,” Çuçi said.
According to him, the system guarantees the most appropriate technological required parameters and consequently the quality of the goods distributed to either a wholesaler or retailer, or directly to the end consumer.
The Agriculture Minister also said that “customers are offered the online tracking for any temperature changes. This modern German technology center features another unique element; it operates by renewable energy.”
“Its strategic location near Mother Teresa international airport and at the intersection of roads to north and access to the port of Durres is another advantage of the centre,” he said.
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