On Saturday, September 9th, sixteen (16) Logistics Plus employees participated in and conquered the 2023 Barber Beast on the Bay! The Beast on the Bay is a challenging 10-mile race that features 30 obstacles in the sand, lake, swamp, and trails. 2023 marked the 10th anniversary of the annual event.
As an official event sponsor, everyone at Logistics Plus is proud to help support the Barber National Institute and its work in the Erie community. It is a great event and one that Logistics Plus will continue to support.
About the Barber National Institute
The Barber National Institute is “making dreams come true.” We provide children and adults with autism, intellectual disabilities, and behavioral health challenges and their families the education, support, and resources needed to be self-reliant, independent, and valued community members. In addition, we provide the professionals who serve them with world-class education and training.
You can view event photos from the Logistics Plus Flickr Page in the slideshow below (click the right/left arrows):
Before the event, Erie News Now checked in with Logistics Plus employees Adrienne Sanders and Cindy Rau to discuss their training routine and what the Beast on the Bay means to them. You can watch the interview by clicking the thumbnail image below.
The West Coast MTO Agreement (WCMTOA) announced that on November 1, 2023, the Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF) at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will increase by 4%. The adjustment matches the combined 4% increase in longshore wage and assessment rates recently ratified in the coastwide contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association.
Beginning November 1, the TMF will be $35.57 per TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) or $71.14 per forty-foot container. The TMF is charged on non-exempt containers.
The Logistics Plus (LP) Malaysia team successfully handled a project shipment initiated by the Logistics Plus USA Project Cargo team. The project involved transporting two deaerator tanks from Port Klang, Malaysia, to Charleston, South Carolina (USA). The tanks each weighed 46.227 tons and measured 21.430 m (more than 60 feet) long. In total, the combined weight was 93.26 tons with a volume of 668.62 CBM. The LP Malaysia team used a 7-axle heavy-duty hydraulic trailer to transport the cargo.
LP Malaysia Country Manager Kelvin Teng commented on the project: “This project showed the importance of trust and teamwork. Our team worked very closely with the LP USA Project Cargo team, and we’d like to thank them for their support and guidance in making this happen.”
Logistics Plus is pleased to announce that it has renewed its Global Industrial Relocation (GIR) membership for 2023. This is the second consecutive year Logistics Plus has been a GIR Network member. As a member, Logistics Plus gains access to more than one hundred decision-makers from companies worldwide in the industrial relocation market. Additionally, members will gain early knowledge about new projects and have the opportunity to work with other certified members to carry out complex relocation projects.
Logistics Plus Global Projects Director Bahadir Erdil commented on the membership and what the Project Cargo team hopes to gain from it: “It’s important for our team to be well-connected across the various industries we serve.” He added, “Being a GIR member provides us yet another avenue to identify and handle projects worldwide.”
About the GIR Network
The Global Industrial Relocation Network was founded in November 2020 with a clear vision to form an alliance of experts in the industrial dismantling and re-installation industry. Every day, the GIR Network searches for information on potential new relocation projects, shares that information with fellow members properly connects contractors of each project, and promotes our network and its members among prospective customers in traditional and social media and at relocation industry events. The annual meeting culminates the daily efforts of our team, all members and partners. We aim to help our members find the right partner in every corner of the world and build quality and lasting business relationships.
On Saturday, September 9th, sixteen (16) Logistics Plus employees participated in and conquered the 2023 Barber Beast on the Bay! The Beast on the Bay is a challenging 10-mile race that features 30 obstacles in the sand, lake, swamp, and trails. 2023 marked the 10th anniversary of the annual event.
