PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Department of Transportation has picked Atlanta-based Americold to construct and operate a refrigerated storage facility at the city’s International Marine Terminal where Icelandic shipper Eimskip operates.

Americold won out over one other bidder who responded to the DOT’s search for a company to build a refrigerated storage facility for imports and exports of seafood and other refrigerated and frozen products.

Ted Talbot, spokesman for the DOT, said the department will start negotiations with Americold on terms and operational agreements for the facility that it would manage.

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