DC Velocity - October 2015

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22 DC VELOCITY OCTOBER 2015 www.dcvelocity.com
APL Logistics has opened a consolidation center in Ho
Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The new facility is the largest
single-roof container freight station (CFS) within the
company’s Southeast Asia net-
work. … Saddle Creek Logistics
Services has broken ground on
a new DC in the CenterPoint
Intermodal Center, located near
Chicago. … Kenco, a provider
of integrated logistics solutions,
real estate services, and material
handling equipment, plans to break ground on a new
warehouse facility in Zeeland, Mich., to serve long-time
customer Mead Johnson Nutrition. … The first rail lines
have been placed for the Jacksonville Port Authority’s
new Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) at
Dames Point, Fla. The ICTF, which will be completed
later this year, will allow the direct transfer of cargo con-
tainers between ships and trains. … American Airlines
has opened a cold storage facility at the Philadelphia
International Airport to temporarily hold pharmaceuti-
cal and health care materials during transit. … Contract
logistics provider Exel, a Deutsche Post DHL Group com-
pany, and Primark, a European fashion retailer, have
opened a DC in Bethlehem, Pa. … Trident Seafoods, a
seafood producer in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest,
has opened a $40 million production and distribution
center in Carrollton, Ga., near the Port of Savannah. …
In an expansion move, Standard Logistics has relocat-
ed to a new warehouse/distribution property in Jersey
City, N.J. … Supply chain solution provider ProTrans
has moved into a 76,000-square-foot warehousing facil-
ity in Eagle Pass, Texas. … Interstate Warehousing
has expanded two of its facilities, and both are now
open and receiving freight. The company added more
than 309,000 square feet and more than 46,000 pallet
positions to its Franklin, Ind., facility and more than
155,000 square feet and 23,000 pallet positions to its
Murfreesboro, Tenn., warehouse. … Third-party logistics
service provider Fraser Direct Distribution is moving
to a new distribution facility in Milton, Ontario. The
105,000-square-foot building will be LEED certified.