FRÍODOCK

What FRÍODOCK does

FRÍODOCK (legal name FRIO DOCK S.A.) is a privately held Argentine cold chain logistics operator headquartered in Tortuguitas, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 2005 and operating under family ownership with over 40 years of industry experience in industrial refrigeration, the company provides low and medium temperature storage services from a single facility equipped with approximately 8,000 storage positions for frozen, refrigerated, and dry goods, alongside 11 static freezing tunnels of varying capacities used for rapid product freezing. Its service portfolio is organized into four integrated lines: Depósito Fiscal (customs bonded warehouse), Warehousing, Túnel de Congelado (freezing tunnels), and Servicios Especiales (classification, picking, temperature-controlled antechamber loading/unloading). Supporting these services is a Warehouse Management System with full traceability, online inventory control, customer web portal access, Full HD recording of entries and exits, and facility-wide WIFI connectivity.

The company's primary customers are food industry exporters and importers operating in meat processing (poultry, bovine, caprine, equine, porcine, and beef), dairy and egg products, and produce (citrus, vegetables, horticultural products). It serves both the domestic Argentine market and 15+ international destinations including the European Union, United States, China, Japan, Russia, Hong Kong, South Africa, Brazil, Peru, Nigeria, Kuwait, Pakistan, Singapore, Vietnam, Jordan, and others. The revenue model is multi-stream: recurring warehousing fees on a subscription-style basis, usage-based freezing tunnel charges, managed-services fiscal warehouse fees that allow clients to defer customs duties, and professional-services fees for classification and picking. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, consistent with a B2B enterprise sales motion.

FRÍODOCK's competitive position rests on a stacked regulatory certification set—SENASA Official Establishment N° 4325 (with ROJOS, VERDES, dairy depot, and terminal cargo habilitation), FDA Registration N° 10074760972, Customs Fiscal Warehouse License N° 1100L, COTECNA Certificate AR-SG-2020005163, and RNE 02-451590—that together enable export-grade cold chain services to major international markets. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, funding rounds, or public listing. No management team, M&A activity, or leadership changes are disclosed in the source data. Revenue, headcount trends, and customer-level data are not publicly disclosed, limiting third-party visibility into financial trajectory.

Name

FRÍODOCK

Legal name

FRIO DOCK S.A.

Website

https://friodock.com.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

FRÍODOCK is an Argentine private cold storage and customs fiscal warehouse operator serving food industry exporters and importers through a Tortuguitas facility with 8,000 storage positions, 11 freezing tunnels, and SENASA/FDA certifications for export to 15+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cold Chain Logistics

NAICS

Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage (49312), Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage (493120)

SIC

Public Warehousing & Storage (4220)

akta.pro primary industry

Frozen Food Warehousing & Blast Freezing (AFAOAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Frozen Food Cold Storage (TLALABAB), Temperature-Controlled Cross-Dock / Blast Freezing & Tempering Facilities (TLALACAI)

Keywords

• Cold storage services
• Temperature-controlled warehousing
• Customs bonded warehouse
• Frozen food logistics
• Industrial freezing tunnels

Headquarters

HQ city

Tortuguitas

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Others, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Warehousing Services: Cold storage services for frozen, refrigerated, and dry goods. Capacity for 8,000 storage positions. Revenue generated from storage fees based on volume and duration of storage.
2. Freezing Tunnel Services: 11 static freezing tunnels of varying capacities for product freezing operations. Provides rapid freezing capabilities for food products.
3. Fiscal Warehouse (Depósito Fiscal): Customs fiscal warehouse services for export consolidation and deconsolidation, allowing clients to defer customs duties.
4. Special Services: Classification and picking services for merchandise handling.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

FRIO DOCK S.A. (FRÍODOCK) operates an industrial cold storage facility in Tortuguitas, Buenos Aires Province, providing low and medium temperature warehousing for frozen, refrigerated, and dry goods with capacity for 5,500–8,000 storage positions. The company also operates 11 static freezing tunnels for rapid product freezing and a customs bonded fiscal warehouse (Depósito Fiscal N° 1100L) for export consolidation, deconsolidation, and customs duty deferral, serving food exporters to 15+ international destinations.

Product overview

FRÍODOCK is a cold chain logistics company offering a unified suite of temperature-controlled storage and handling services. The core portfolio consists of four integrated service lines: Depósito Fiscal (customs bonded storage for export consolidation), Warehousing (frozen, refrigerated, and dry storage with 5,500 positions), Túnel de Congelado (eleven static freezing tunnels), and Servicios Especiales (classification, picking, antechamber loading, HD surveillance, and WMS with traceability). These services are supported by a client web portal providing online inventory management, creating an end-to-end cold storage solution for international food export.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Depósito Fiscal

Quantifiable outcome

• Storage capacity of 8,000 positions
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• STEF Group: European temperature-controlled logistics provider specializing in food products across multiple temperature ranges. Comparable in multi-temperature B2B cold-chain services for food exporters.
• Nichirei Logistics Group: Japanese refrigerated and frozen warehousing operator with international operations including South America. Overlaps with FRÍODOCK in serving protein exporters into Japan and Asia-Pacific markets.
• Americold Realty Trust: Large publicly-traded temperature-controlled warehouse operator with global footprint. Comparable as a broad incumbent in refrigerated warehousing and logistics serving food producers and exporters.
• Lineage Logistics: World's largest temperature-controlled warehousing REIT with thousands of facilities globally. Operates broad cold-chain infrastructure for food exporters and retailers; relevant as the scaled incumbent FRÍODOCK would compete with or partner alongside in international markets.
• Kloosterboer Group: Dutch cold storage and logistics provider with significant presence in Europe and the Americas. Comparable as a contract refrigerated warehouse operator serving food exporters and processors.

Regional players

• Snowman Logistics: Indian temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics operator serving food and pharma supply chains. Comparable multi-temperature contract warehousing model in an emerging-market context.
• Frialsa Frigoríficos: Mexican cold storage and refrigerated logistics provider with multi-temperature facilities serving food exporters. Comparable business model of contract cold storage for protein and produce customers, though operating primarily in Mexico rather than Argentina.
• VersaCold Logistics Services: Canadian temperature-controlled supply chain provider serving North American food exporters. Comparable cold-chain warehousing business model with similar focus on protein and seafood exporters.

Direct peers

• Cold Box (Grupo Pérez Companc): Argentine cold storage operator serving meat and food exporters with multi-temperature facilities. One of FRÍODOCK's direct domestic competitors with overlapping SENASA-certified services and fiscal warehouse capabilities.
• Grupo Siroco: Argentine cold storage and logistics operator offering multi-temperature warehousing, fiscal warehouse services, and meat-export logistics. Closest regional direct competitor, sharing the SENASA-certified, customs-bonded, and Buenos Aires-area cold-chain model that FRÍODOCK operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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