Cold Link Africa May/June 2016 Vol 1 No 5 | Page 29

FEATURE
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN

incredibly expensive because you have
to leave gaps and holes in the racking
so you can still have access to all the
pallets (it’s called ‘honey combing’). For
example, if you can get 1 600 pallets
into the cold store generally, you’ll have
access to only 900 if you have a drive-in
racking system. Whereas with mobiles,
you can fit 2 000 pallets and have access
to all 2 000 pallets. You’ll never have that
access problem.
“By converting racking aisles into
usable space for logistics and other
purposes, mobile racking systems can
create up to a 100% increase in available
pallet locations, offering a cost effective
storage solution,” says Georgeson. This
works even better for cold store