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Highlights

  • Jourdan Road facility certified as Class 3 Public Bonded Warehouse in Louisiana.
  • Facility also designated as Louisiana’s only public import house (I-House) earlier this year.
  • Certification expands Lineage’s bonded warehouse footprint to 12 and 42 USDA I-House sites.

Lineage, Inc. (NASDAQ: LINE), a temperature-controlled warehouse REIT, and the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) announced the certification of Lineage’s Jourdan Road facility in New Orleans East as a Class 3 Public Bonded Warehouse. The designation marks Lineage’s first customs bonded facility in Louisiana and follows an earlier designation of the site as the state’s only public import house (I-House).

The 304,000 square-foot Jourdan Road facility sits on the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal and benefits from proximity to major protein producers, shipping routes and intermodal networks. As an I-House, the site provides on-site USDA inspections of imported food; as a customs bonded warehouse, it permits goods to remain under U.S. Customs supervision until duties and tariffs are settled. Those combined capabilities are intended to streamline clearance and inspection processes for perishable imports such as beef, pork and seafood.

Lineage said the dual certification is aimed at reducing delays in the import process and improving the handling of temperature-sensitive cargo through quicker inspection timelines and customs procedures. For importers, bonded storage can delay duty payments until goods are released into commerce, and I-House inspection services consolidate regulatory checks on-site.

Port NOLA highlighted the facility’s intermodal connectivity, noting deepwater access and six Class I rail connections that link international shipping lanes with inland distribution. Port officials characterized the arrangement as enhancing New Orleans’ function as a Gulf gateway for refrigerated imports.

With the Jourdan Road certification, Lineage now operates 12 bonded warehouses across the U.S. and maintains 42 USDA-approved I-House facilities. The company said these sites form part of its networked approach to import/export logistics for temperature-sensitive items.

Market observers may focus on how the new designation affects local import throughput, storage utilization rates and relationships with regional processors and distributors. Key operational metrics to watch include dwell time for imported shipments, conversion rates from bonded to released inventory, and any shifts in regional freight flows as importers adjust routing and inspection logistics.