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ISSA and Ship Supply News

Wrist quadruples

capacity in US Gulf

new and future-proof able to buy globally and nationally

facility in April 2014. versus buying regionally and as a result
The new building
offer even more efficient ship supply
W
will be more than services,” Mr Hillery continued.

60,000 ft2 in size – With one third of the area – about
more than 5,500 m2 –
20,000 ft2 – as freezer space, Wrist has

and four stories tall, which will noted it will be the first HACCP- rist Ship Supply has
quadruple capacity and achieve approved supplier in the region. Despite invested in a new 60,000 ft2

economies of scale.
being placed in a very hot climate, the state-of-the-art facility in
New Orleans, a move which, according new facility allows the company to meet “The facility size is state-of-the-art.

to Wrist, has allowed it to become the the guidelines and standards for a The space allows us to have everything
first HACCP-approved supplier in the possible HACCP certification (Hazard under one roof and thereby improve

region. The new warehouse is a result Analysis and Critical Control Point is a efficiency and our 24/7/365 services,”
of massive growth in Wrist’s North global standard for food safety).
said Jubi Hillery, CEO, Wrist America.

American-based operations.
“We can buy truck-loads of any The facility will only be about 65

Wrist is fortifying its position in the individual product at any time directly miles from Fourchon, which is the
strategically important port of New from the vendor and so, skip price- biggest port for the offshore industry in
the US Gulf.
Orleans and moving operations to a
increasing intermediaries. We will be
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