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The Supply Chain in Brief
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n The CMA CGM Group acquired Global Container Terminals’ Bayonne and New York terminals, which will operate as multi-user facilities. n In a deal covering 30 locations across 15 states, Bluejay Capital acquired Best Warehousing and Transportation . n ContainerPort Groups’ parent company, World Group, purchased Pacific Cascade, an asset-light 3PL services provider. The deal includes Pacific Cascade Distribution and Pacific Cascade Trucking, both headquartered in Sumner, Washington. n Alba Wheels Up acquired KSI, a provider of customs brokerage services in California’s Bay Area. KSI focuses on customs clearance for the biotech and semiconductor industries.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services (above) awarded $55,000 to 55 classrooms as part of its Adopt-a-Class program, which provides schools with resources to obtain learning supplies and other essentials. • Atlanta-based Americold and Feed the Children worked with the Mayor’s Of ce of International and Immigrant Affairs-Welcoming Atlanta to distribute 8,000 ready-to-eat meal kits to students throughout December 2022 at various community resource events.
• Wabash partnered with Feeding America to donate $150,000 to mobile food pantries that serve communities where Wabash facilities are located.
• South Carolina Ports’ 2023 Community Giving Program granted $252,500 in total to 90 community organizations and nonpro ts throughout South Carolina, including Lowcountry Food Bank (below) . Recipients are dedicated to community outreach and entrepreneurial development.
> UP THE CHAIN
• Boeing Commercial Airplanes named Ihssane Mounir as its senior vice president of global supply chain. Mounir previously served as Boeing’s senior vice president of commercial sales and marketing. • Evans Distribution Systems welcomed Scott Vanderpool as its new warehouse operations manager. Vanderpool oversees operations for the 3PL’s Mt. Elliott, Detroit, facility.
30 Inbound Logistics • January 2023
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