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The Supply Chain in Brief
> RECOGNITION
> GREEN SEEDS
n Anacostia Rail Holdings’ Pacific Harbor Line received partial funding—together with the California Air Resources
• Southeastern Freight Lines was recognized as a
2024 Top Company for Women to Work in Transportation by Redefining the Road , the official magazine of the Women in Trucking Association.
Board—for five ZE locomotives. The funding will be provided through a U.S. Department of Transportation Consolidated Rail Infrastructure & Safety Improvements Program grant. n By conducting its logistics through DHL’ s GoGreen Plus service, Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli is reducing greenhouse gas emissions from its ocean freight transportation. Since beginning the partnership with DHL Global Forwarding, Lindt & Sprüngli has removed approximately 514.86 metric tons of CO2e emissions within three months.
• Carrier Logistics Inc. (CLI) received the SaaS Growth Award from Progress, a
provider of AI-powered infrastructure software, for the second year in a row. The recognition reflects CLI’s product innovation, financial growth, and SaaS sales success and market expansion. • Vector Global Logistics was named a winner of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s 25th Annual Citizen Awards. Vector was recognized in the Best Corporate Steward— Small and Middle Market Business category.
n Maersk has entered into a long- term bio-methanol offtake agreement with LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. The agreement will contribute to lowering greenhouse gas emissions from Maersk’s growing fleet of dual- fuel methanol container vessels.
> GOOD WORKS
• SC Ports, the International Longshoreman’s Association, Coalition 18, and the Maritime Association of South Carolina encouraged its partners, businesses, and area residents to donate
> SHOVEL READY
n Savage Tooele Railroad began construction on Utah’s first new railroad in decades. The new short-line railroad will serve tenants of the Lakeview Business Park.
to the Maritime Toy Drive with the goal of filling a 40-foot ONE shipping container with toys. The S.C. Department of Social Services distributes the donations to foster children in South Carolina. • At the grand opening of its new Komar Distribution Services facility in Ellabell, Georgia, the Komar Family Foundation donated $50,000 in scholarships to the Frank Callen Boys and Girls Club in Savannah, and $50,000 to United Way of the Coastal Empire to assist Hurricane Helene flooding victims.
12 Inbound Logistics • December 2024
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