Frigorificos Puerto Montt

What Frigorificos Puerto Montt does

Frigorificos Puerto Montt S.A. is a privately held Chilean cold chain logistics company headquartered in Puerto Montt, X Region de Los Lagos, founded in 2003. The company operates a 20,000 m2 facility with 4,000 tons of frozen storage capacity distributed across 8 polyvalent chambers maintained at temperatures down to -25 degrees Celsius, alongside 12 refrigerated loading docks designed to preserve cold chain continuity from chamber to truck. Its service portfolio centers on four offerings: Terminal Frigorifico (cold storage reception, inventory management, and dispatch), FPM Logistic (refrigerated trucking via an in-house subsidiary with vehicle monitoring), Side Lifter (container loading and unloading at the company's yard or client sites), and Deposito de Contenedores (container storage and rental with power supply for refrigeration equipment).

The company serves B2B customers in the Chilean aquaculture industry, primarily salmon and seafood farming and export companies. Visible client references on company materials include Salmones Antartica, Frio Sur, and Mar Vivo. The company differentiates on regulatory access, holding FDA registration for the US market and Sernapesca approval for the Russian market (granted in 2016), which positions it as a pre-qualified cold chain partner for international salmon exporters. Operational technology includes a wireless mobile data capture system that links to the freezer operating system for real-time inventory and dispatch data, electric cranes moving product through refrigerated corridors, and fixed metallic racks supporting high dispatch speed.

The business model is built on managed services and professional services revenue streams priced via per-client quotes rather than published rates. Cold storage revenue is generated through storage fees based on volume and duration, transportation revenue through refrigerated freight contracts, and ancillary revenue through side lifter operations and container depot rentals. Services are configured per client on variables including quantity, frequency, and timing, with direct enterprise field sales motion targeting salmon farming companies. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, or revenue figures, and employs between 11 and 50 people.

Name

Frigorificos Puerto Montt

Legal name

Frigoríficos Puerto Montt S.A.

Website

https://frigorificospuertomontt.cl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Frigorificos Puerto Montt is a privately held Chilean cold chain logistics company serving aquaculture exporters from a 4,000-ton, 8-chamber frozen storage facility in Puerto Montt, with integrated refrigerated transport, side lifter, and container depot services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cold Chain Logistics Services

NAICS

Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage (493120)

akta.pro primary industry

Reefer Container (Port/Intermodal) Cold Storage & Plug-In Yards (TLALABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Reefer Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) & Multi-Stop Distribution (TLADAHAB), Terminal Reefer Services (Plug-In/Monitoring for Refrigerated Containers) (TLAHALAM), Reefer Container Yards (Plug-in/Monitoring) (TLALAJAE)

Keywords

• Cold chain logistics
• Frozen product storage
• Refrigerated transportation
• Container depot services
• Aquaculture logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Puerto Montt

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Cold Storage Services: Storage of frozen products in refrigerated chambers with capacity of 4,000 tons at temperatures down to -25°C. Revenue generated through storage fees based on volume and duration of storage.
2. Transportation Services (FPM Logistic): Frozen cargo truck fleet operating from origin points to designated shipping locations. Includes vehicle monitoring and control systems.
3. Container Depot Services: Container storage and rental services with sufficient capacity in the company's yard and power supply for cold equipment operation.
4. Side Lifter Services: Container loading and unloading operations using side lifter equipment at the company's container yard or client-specified locations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Frigorificos Puerto Montt provides cold storage and integrated logistics services for the aquaculture industry in southern Chile. The company operates a refrigerated terminal with 4,000-ton storage capacity across 8 chambers at temperatures down to -25°C, complemented by refrigerated truck transportation (via subsidiary FPM Logistic), side lifter container handling, and a container depot with power supply for refrigeration equipment. Services cover reception, storage, dispatch, and transport of frozen aquaculture products such as salmon and seafood, with FDA registration and Sernapesca approval enabling export to US and Russian markets.

Product overview

Frigorificos Puerto Montt offers a unified cold storage and logistics service platform centered on its Terminal Frigorífico, which provides frozen product storage with capacity for 4,000 tons across 8 polyvalent chambers. The service portfolio is complemented by three supporting modules: FPM Logistic (Transporte) for refrigerated truck fleet transportation, Side Lifter for container loading/unloading operations, and Depósito de Contenedores for container storage and rental. Together, these services provide integrated cold chain logistics for the aquaculture industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Terminal Frigorífico Cold storage terminal service that handles the reception, storage, and dispatch of frozen products, with computerized inventory management and pallet-chamber location tracking. Capacity of 4,000 tons at temperatures down to -25°C across 8 polyvalent chambers. Designed for aquaculture companies requiring frozen product storage.
• FPM Logistic (Transporte)
• Side Lifter Container loading and unloading service using specialized side lifter equipment, executed at the company's container yard or at client-specified locations. Serves aquaculture companies requiring container handling for frozen cargo operations.
• Depósito de Contenedores Container storage and rental service with sufficient yard capacity and power supply to maintain refrigeration equipment operation. Includes container maintenance and periodic control of equipment condition. Designed for companies managing refrigerated containers for frozen cargo.

Quantifiable outcome

• 14 years of continuous operation in aquaculture cold storage industry since 2003
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FPM LogisticcoreOthersSubsidiary company created by Frigorificos Puerto Montt to provide integrated logistics services. FPM Logistic operates a fleet of frozen cargo trucks that transport products from origin points to shipping destinations designated by clients. The subsidiary includes human resources for logistics management and a vehicle control and monitoring system.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Lineage Logistics: Global cold-storage and logistics provider with significant seafood and protein industry exposure. Comparable business model and customer category, and an active acquirer that has expanded into Latin America — a direct long-term competitive threat to single-site regionals.
• AGRO Merchants Group: Global cold-chain logistics company with operations across the Americas, including protein and seafood verticals. Comparable in service portfolio (cold storage, handling, container services) and customer type to Frigorificos Puerto Montt.
• Burris Logistics: U.S.-based temperature-controlled warehousing and transportation company with a long-standing seafood and protein vertical. Comparable on integrated cold-storage-plus-transport service model that FPM also operates.
• Americold Logistics: The world's largest publicly-traded temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics company. While far larger and global, it serves the same seafood/aquaculture cold-chain segment and represents the type of multinational operator that could enter Chilean markets to compete with regionals like FPM.
• Preferred Freezer Services: Major North American temperature-controlled warehousing operator with deep seafood and protein industry customer relationships. Overlaps with FPM on refrigerated storage services and seafood cold-chain expertise, though geographically separate.

Emerging players

• NewCold: High-tech automated cold-storage operator expanding globally with a focus on energy-efficient, fully automated facilities. Represents the next-generation competitive model that traditional regional operators like FPM may eventually need to match to retain contracts.

Direct peers

• Emergent Cold Latin America: One of the largest temperature-controlled warehousing networks in Latin America, operating multiple cold-storage facilities across Chile and the region serving seafood, aquaculture, and food exporters — directly comparable to Frigorificos Puerto Montt in service model and target customers.
• Superfrío: Chilean cold-storage and logistics provider with reefer warehousing operations across the country, serving seafood, fruit, and protein exporters. Operates in the same vertical and geography, competing for salmon-industry cold-chain contracts.
• Frialsa Frigoríficos: Chile-based operator of cold-storage warehouses serving the salmon and food-export industry in Chile. Closely comparable in service mix (refrigerated storage, container handling, logistics) and customer overlap with Frigorificos Puerto Montt.

Regional players

• Broom Logistics: Chilean logistics provider offering cold-chain and container services to exporters in the Los Lagos and southern Chile region. Geographic and customer overlap with Frigorificos Puerto Montt, though a broader general logistics operator rather than a pure cold-storage specialist.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/frigorificos-puerto-montt-s-a

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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