MIT’s Supply Chain Innovation and Leadership Seminar
Jim Berlin, CEO of Logistics Plus, will speak about “Entrepreneurship and Leadership in Logistics” at the MIT in Boston on April 12, 2012, 11:30 am – 2:00 pm.
1 Million Pounds!
LP Erie has just completed loading of a large break bulk ocean shipment in Port Newark, NJ. Pictured are the largest two units: 305,000# and 142,000#. Also shipped were eight other large pieces, plus three containers. Total weight, a little less than a million pounds!
Matt Bosko was responsible for coordinating everything among the customer, port authority, trucking companies, export packers, steamship captain, stevedores, terminal operators and surveyors. Nice job, Matt!
Next stop: Antwerp, where Ivo and his team will assist during the transloading onto a vessel bound for Kolkata, India. There, LP India will take over and deliver the cargo to the jobsite in Paradip.
Truly a global team effort!
Nutmeg Container Corp.
I wanted to thank you for setting us up with Doria Troian at Logistics Plus for the transport of the Ward Diecutter. From the outset, Doria was accommodating, professional, and responsive. Her information requests from me were clear, and her communication throughout the entire process was outstanding.
What was most impressive, however, was the way she handled the problems that arose. When the flat bed that arrived in Spokane, MO was too high for the loading dock, she handled the situation quickly and correctly. And when the two flatbeds failed to arrive on time at Fort Smith, Doria remained calm, did not panic, and talked the drivers all the way on to the dock. All this, while keeping my installer (and me) from jumping off the ledge and incurring additional charges from the riggers. Doria really stepped up at the critical moment.
In this day and age, where people only contact you to complain about what went wrong, I wanted you to know how much I appreciate that these shipments went right.
Jamie Pious, Executive VP, Nutmeg Container Corp.
WICU12: Logistics Plus Having Fun While Working Worldwide
“Logistics Plus is a worldwide company specializing in shipping and supply chain management for hundreds of companies around the globe. But it didn’t start that way…”
Logistics Plus was featured in Giving you the Business on WICU12, February 12, 2012.
Logistics Plus China Moves Industrial Press
On behalf of its principal Stute Verkehrs, Logistics Plus China has managed the receipt, storage, and delivery to Changzhou job site of an industrial press, totaling 2600 freight tons, including some units of over 90 metric tons.
Some highlights of the project:
- LP China advised the customer to change the port of discharge to Jiangyin because of unsafe storage conditions in Changzhou port 2. days after the change was made, there was a fire in Changzhou port
- LP China managed to have a customer vessel berth September 27th ahead of 3 other vessels, thus avoiding the increased port charges coming into effect October 1st
- LP China managed to finish customs clearance even before cargo finally discharged, thus avoiding cargo from being stuck during the National Holiday starting October 1st
- Through careful planning, weekly meetings, and daily phone calls, LP China managed to adapt deliveries to the ever-changing needs of the job site without any waiting time or additional cost to the customer
- LP China adhered strictly to job site HSE regulations, which is a rare feat in China
