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The Supply Chain in Brief
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• Reusable packaging company ORBIS Corporation hosted its third annual ORBIS Good Days for Kids golf outing,
n Crowley has purchased Tamarind Consolidated, a logistics company serving the
which raised more than $330,000 for the Children’s Wisconsin Pediatric Simulation and Resuscitation Program, the region’s only independent healthcare system dedicated to the health and well-being of children. • American Airlines Cargo is the first U.S. airline and cargo carrier to join United for Wildlife, a group dedicated to ending the illegal trafficking of wildlife. • During its annual Geeks for Kids Delivery Day Celebration, LEARN Science & Math Club, a non-profit organization based in Kansas City, Missouri, gave away more than 60 customized electric cars and assistive devices for children with mobility limitations. Long-time partner and sponsor Wagner Logistics used its specialized handling skills to transport and deliver the vehicles.
United States to the British
Virgin Islands, to enhance end-to- end supply chain capabilities for the Caribbean region.
n Global logistics services provider Alba Wheels Up acquired VT Mancusi, a provider of customs brokerage and trade compliance services primarily for the flavors and fragrances end markets. n Dupré Logistics, a Louisiana-based transportation company, acquired Interstate Transport, Inc., a temperature-controlled and time-sensitive food and beverage logistics services provider based in St. Petersburg, Florida. n Logistics Plus, a worldwide provider of transportation, logistics, and supply chain solutions, acquired Jan Krediet, a logistics company with offices and warehouses in the Netherlands. n Supply chain services provider Redwood Logistics acquired Rockfarm Supply Chain Solutions and Global Distribution and Logistics. The acquisition supplements Redwood’s growing tech-enabled managed services.
> GREEN SEEDS
n Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and CSX Corporation entered into a joint venture to build and deploy hydrogen locomotive conversion kits for diesel electric locomotives. As an initial step, CSX will convert one of its diesel locomotives using a hydrogen conversion kit developed by CPKC.
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n Tippmann Group and Cold-Link Logistics broke ground on a new 198,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Ellisville, Mississippi. The state-of-the-art food-grade warehouse will offer nearly 27,000 pallet positions of frozen and refrigerated storage space.
14 Inbound Logistics • August 2023
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