by logisticsplus | Jan 3, 2018 | News
Through its partnership with Erie Times-News and GoErie.com, Logistics Plus is being featured, once again, in the current issue of the publisher’s Lake Erie Lifestyles magazine. This new segment discusses why it’s important for northwestern PA businesses to sell globally, but buy locally. A reprint of the feature, which is shown below, is also available online at www.goerie.com/lifestyle/lake-erie-lifestyle. You can click the image below to see the larger, online version.
by logisticsplus | Dec 29, 2017 | News
Hello world! We (the Logistics Plus family) would like to welcome you to BerlinsWall.com. We created Berlin’s Wall as a writing outlet for our respected, founder and CEO, Jim Berlin. The website, which is still a bit of work in progress, was created to be both a written and visual expression for our leader (see the photos and memorabilia in the masthead, shown below, which many of us have come to associate with Jim).
According to Jim … “Berlin’s Wall will be a way that I keep folks in touch with the goings on at LP. As with my Thought for the Day these past 21 years, some thoughts may be serious and hopefully deep, others whimsical and foolish (probably lots of those unfortunately ?). It will just be a view from the deck of the Starship LP as we continue ONWARD through this universe we are traversing. This great LP Adventure.”
You can read Jim’s very first post here: https://berlinswall.com/for-my-first-berlin-wall-in-many-years/ You can also subscribe to Berlin’s Wall by entering your email address in the upper right hand side of the website.
On so, on behalf of the entire Logistics Plus global family of employees (now 450+ strong), we hope you enjoy Jim’s writings, ramblings, wit, and wisdom … just as we do every day!
by logisticsplus | Dec 27, 2017 | News
The Logistics Plus Middle East & Africa team (LP Dubai, UAE) shared details on yet another successful project cargo assignment. Between December 3rd and December 18th, LP Dubai handled the following full air charter together with Imperial Logistics South Africa:
5 units of IL76
1 unit of Airbus 300
2 units of Boeing 777
Shipper: One of the largest manufacturers of PET preforms and closures
Receiver: South African bottling and distributing company
POL: 1) DWC airport and 2) Sharjah Airport
POD: Johannesburg, South Africa
Material: PET Preform
Total volume booked: 1104 pallets weighing 420 tons
Total volume needed rework: 227 pallets weighing 86 tons
LP Dubai scope:
- Ground operation of transportation, export clearance, labeling, rebooking, rework, loading into aircraft IL76 and Airbus300 which booked by South Africa partner Imperial Logistics
- Direct booking of the 2units Boeing 777, including the complete ground handling.
Each flight has it’s challenging story :
- aircraft load master bad loading plan result in cargoes offloaded
- aircraft encounter birds strike on the way to Dubai
- aircraft engine broke down
- Operation during the long weekend and public holidays
- production rushing to produce stock
- unexpected rains in Dubai
- last-minute cancellation of aircraft landing permit
- destination operator refused to release cargoes due to miss-communication, etc.
by logisticsplus | Dec 26, 2017 | News
The Logistics Plus Middle East & Africa team would like to share a couple of cargo projects and related photographs they recently completed.
Project 1
Receiver: Alba, Bahrain
Material: 1 x 235MVA transformer + Accessories
Transformer weight: 113MT
Total Volume: 361cbm
Our scope: Direct receiving and handling, customs clearance, transport, and offloading on stools and beams at site
Project 2
Receiver: National Grid, Saudi Arabia
POD: Dammam, KSA
Material: 7 x 55MVA transformer + Accessories
Transformer weight: 55-60MT
Total Volume: ~1700cbm
Our scope: Direct receiving and handling, custom clearance, transport and offloading onto foundation by crane or jacking and skidding.
by logisticsplus | Dec 21, 2017 | News
Check out this slide show with new photographs, taken by Rob Frank Photography, showcasing our newly branded Logistics Plus (LP) trailer (some with our founder and CEO, Jim Berlin). Although Logistics Plus is mostly a non-asset 3PL (no trucks), it does own an asset-based trucking division called National Truckload (NTL). As shown here, our new LP marketing trailer is being pulled by a new NTL Kenworth tractor. You know you’re in logistics when you get excited about a picture of a truck! 🙂
