Articles Tagged with ''logistics''

Americold Realty Trust, Atlanta, yesterday filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common shares.

Northwest Indiana media say port logistics and maritime services provider ICS Logistics, Jacksonville, Fla., is considering LaPorte, Ind., as the possible location for a new $50 million, 500,000-square-foot refrigerated and frozen warehouse.

Henningsen Cold Storage Co., Hillsboro, Ore., said it hired Todd Lanter as director of transportation for Henningsen Transportation Services.

The Port of New Orleans' Dock Board last week approved building site development in the city's Uptown district for New Orleans Cold Storage (NOCS).

Blake Larkin has been named vice president of business development at Hanson Logistics.

While some companies control every aspect of these functional areas, others choose to outsource one or many of them. The trick, of course, is to find the right outsourcing partner.

To expand its Northwest presence, United States Cold Storage (USCS), Voorhees, N.J., has constructed and now opened a 1.8 million-cubic-foot public refrigerated warehouse in Clearfield, Utah.

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. honored C.R. England Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, as Wal-Mart's "2008 Dedicated Grocery Carrier of the Year."

Fresh and frozen fruit and vegetable processing giant Dole Food Co., Westlake Village, Calif., will outsource transportation sourcing activities to Transplace, a third-party transportation and logistics management services.

Transportation and logistics economist Noel Perry will provide a keynote address at the American Frozen Food Institute's annual Distribution & Logistics Conference, June 14-16, in Seattle.