by Scott Frederick | Nov 30, 2015 | News
Erie’s new Foreign Trade Zone aims to boost area business
By KARA MURPHY Contributing Writer November 29, 2015 06:19 AM
ERIE, Pa. — The warehouse looks like any other. It has concrete floors and high ceilings. It’s chilly. Dust motes circle in slices of sunlight. But this space is unique. In fact, there are only about 230 other places like it in the entire nation. Part of this bare-bones warehouse — the former Penn-Brass building on Erie International Airport property at 3837 W. 20th St. — is now an activated Foreign Trade Zone, or FTZ.
Click here to read the rest of the article on GoErie.com, including interview comments by Gretchen Blough, customs brokerage manager for Logistics Plus.
by Scott Frederick | Nov 3, 2015 | News
Energy News from around the World
Today Logistics Plus Turkey sent its October issue of LP Turkey Energy News to customers and other interested parties throughout the region. Logistics Plus has extensive expertise providing transportation and logistics solutions to companies in the Energy & Fuel Industry.
The new issue is pictured below. Click here to read the online version.
by Scott Frederick | Nov 2, 2015 | News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Logistics Plus India Wins 140 MW Solar Logistics Project
800 Containers Being Transported from Malaysia to India for Azure Power
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, November 2, 2015 – Logistics Plus Inc., a worldwide provider of transportation, logistics and supply chain solutions, announced today that its India division has won a major logistics project for Azure Power. As part of the project, 800 forty-foot high-cube (HQ) containers will be transported from the First Solar manufacturing facility in Malaysia and delivered to Azure Power in India. The end-to-end logistics project will take approximately six months to complete and will provide 140 megawatts (MW) of solar power to the southern region of India.
“We are excited to have been awarded this great opportunity to help Azure Power bring solar energy to India,” said Sundreysh Sarup, Managing Director for Logistics Plus India. “This project is a confirmation of our solar industry expertise and a continuation of our ongoing focus to provide logistics solutions to solar energy companies around the world.”
The new cargo project is one of many that Logistics Plus has handled over the past several years for the solar energy industry. Last year, Logistics Plus worked with another global solar power company on a logistics project to coordinate delivery of three million solar panels to the world’s largest solar panel farm (at the time) in southern California. Earlier this year, Logistics Plus worked on a similar logistics project to manage delivery of solar panels to Central America.
About Azure Power
Azure Power is India’s leading independent solar power producer and offers clean and affordable solar energy to its customers with zero upfront cost and operational expenses. Azure Power’s vision is to prove that solar energy is the most affordable and reliable power generation source for forward-thinking power consumers. The basic purpose of Azure Power is to be the lowest cost producer of solar power in the world. By providing solar energy as a service, Azure Power manages the entire project process for its customers, reduces costs of generating electricity, and provides long term predictable pricing. For more information, please visit www.azurepower.com
About Logistics Plus Inc.
Logistics Plus Inc. provides freight transportation, warehousing, global logistics, and supply chain management solutions through a worldwide network of talented and caring professionals. Founded in Erie, PA by local entrepreneur, Jim Berlin, 20 years ago, Logistics Plus has been repeatedly recognized as one of the fastest-growing transportation and logistics companies in the country. With a strong passion for excellence, its 350+ employees put the “Plus” in logistics by doing the big things properly, and the countless little things, that together ensure complete customer satisfaction and success.
The Logistics Plus® network includes offices located in Erie, PA; Fresno, CA; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Evansville, IN; Detroit, MI; Kansas City, MO; Charlotte, NC; Lexington, NC; Buffalo, NY; Cleveland, OH; Charleston, SC; Greenville, SC; Nashville, TN; Dallas, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Laredo, TX; Houston, TX; Bahrain; Belgium; Canada; Chile; China; Colombia; Egypt; France; Germany; India; Indonesia; Kazakhstan; Libya; Mexico; Poland; Saudi Arabia; Turkey; and UAE; with additional agents around the world. For more information, visit www.logisticsplus.com or follow @LogisticsPlus on Twitter.
Media Contact:
Scott G. Frederick
Vice President, Marketing
Logistics Plus Inc.
(814) 240-6881
scott.frederick@logisticsplus.com
by Scott Frederick | Oct 26, 2015 | Testimonials
Do you ever give out merit awards, prizes for good customer service, or just a perk for being really good at the job? Well you should! And Julie Moore deserves all of the above. That girl is ALWAYS timely in her responses. We can send out an email to NAD and 9 times out of 10, she is the one who responds. You should at least buy her lunch today. Just saying. She makes your company look good!!!!!!
Elizabeth Sweeney, Sales, Trans 58
by Scott Frederick | Oct 21, 2015 | News
As previously announced, Logistics Plus has a new Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) warehouse! It was an “all-hands-on-deck” effort to make the move; but the mission has been accomplished and the DFW warehouse is now fully operational (see slideshow below). The new facility has 180,000 square feet of storage space, an open floor plan, high ceilings and tall dock doors – all perfectly suited for heavy lift freight and cargo. Companies currently utilizing Logistics Plus warehousing and distribution services in the Dallas/Fort Worth area include GE Transportation, Komatsu America, Harbin Electric, and numerous others. We also have the single largest forklift in all of Dallas! Our fuel-efficient, pneumatic tire forklift weighs over 95,000 pounds and has the capacity to lift steel, equipment or machinery weighing up to 62,000 pounds!
