SUPPLY CHAIN UPDATES ON GEORGIA by BILL STANKIEWICZ, REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR A&S KINARD COMPANY, WWW.ASKINARD.COM

A proposed athletic equipment warehouse and a storage complex recently became the latest new developments to get site plan approval from the Pooler Planning and Zoning Commission.

Planning commissioners signed off on a site plan for CAP Barbell, a proposed 200,000-square-foot warehouse facility complete with a truck court and employee parking at the North Point Industrial Park, 1611 Dean Forest Road. They also recommended approval of the site plan for Pooler Storage, a 4-acre complex that includes a three-story storage building and three additional one-story buildings at 240 Park Ave.

Memphis News for 2016

The Memphis Port of is growing too. Keeping busy with oil and chemical storage tanks, warehouses, factories, trucks, trains and barges, it's where the heavy lifting of Memphis is done: manufacturing, steel fabricating, chemical and food processing and asphalt mixing. It's out of sight, out of mind for most Memphis folks, but wheels are in motion to raise its profile as a prime industrial location and creator of jobs and economic output. The city-county Port Commission has been seeking funding for a $50 million overhaul of its 63-year-old public dock, where river access has been severely curtailed since a series of high and low water events earlier this decade. After missing out two years ago on a federal TIGER grant to start the overhaul, officials say the project could be resubmitted for funding under other federal programs later this year.

The planning commission then makes a recommendation to the city council, where the site plans are voted up or down. Then it’s back to city building officials for another meeting to correct any outstanding issues before the building permit is issued. According to city documents, the point of this rather detailed site plan review process is to provide city officials and the public with information about how a proposed new development will affect the surrounding area, and the city as a whole.

After the meeting, Pooler City Councilwoman Rebecca Benton, a regular attendee of the planning commission’s meetings, said she, too, expects more development, especially along Pooler Parkway in the rapidly growing “new” area of the city.

“People need to know it’s not rural anymore, it’s urban,” she said, adding that the only way opponents of the additional development can prevent it is to buy up and limit construction on the remaining undeveloped property.

 PricewaterhouseCoopers has some interesting data from the second quarter, as well as some good forecasts for the logistics and transportation industries. PwC transportation and logistics consultant Andy Schmahl shared, “Incremental developments in technology are coming more fast and furious—faster than any one transportation company can develop in and of itself,” he said. “We’ll start seeing companies using acquisition to increase their capabilities.”

From Supply Chain Digest – an in-depth look at data from the World Bank. “Every couple of years, the folks at the World Bank (which is headquartered in Washington DC, if you didn’t know) put out a report analyzing the logistics competencies of most nation’s across the globe…SCDigest summarizes…”

Last month ShipBob raised $4 million in Series A funding. The company has now announced that ShipBob has entered the Los Angeles market. With this move ShipBob is now active in the three largest cities in the United States. Expanding to LA represents a significant step forward for ShipBob, whose mission is to provide the power of Amazon-scale logistics to small businesses everywhere.

Brokerage and supply chain operator AFN Logistics announced the purchase of less-than-truckload and transportation management system assets from HA Logistics Inc. to expand the buyer’s service capabilities.

A&S Kinard's Port and Railhead Drayage / Cross Dock

To help you access and deliver your cargo conveniently,
A&S’s expanded drayage operations include (major
railheads along the Eastern Seaboard) the ports of:

• Baltimore
• Newark
• Charleston
• Jacksonville
• Savannah  (New Trans-Load/Distribution Center 2017) Drivers are ready now for any transportation projects.

Additional Facilities:

• LA/LONG BEACH

• ATLANTA

• NORFOLK, VA

• CHICAGO

• MOBILE, AL

• ROCKY MOUNT, NC

• PORTLAND, OR

• SEATTLE, WA

• PHILADELPHIA

• HARRISBURG, PA

• GREER, SC

• HOUSTON, TX

• NEW ORLEANS, LA

Our A&S Kinard warehouse and cross-dock facilities are strategically located at or near these ports, so we can offer cross-docking services at most East Coast ports. Our local presence at these critical connection points supports our security-cleared, TWIC-certified driver force and provides our customers with streamlined paperwork processing, a secure yard, and nearby warehousing space.  

Service. Respect. Integrity.= A&S Kinard, looking to be part of your transportation solution.

Performing as the premier transportation and logistics partner for all major companies operating in our territory. This is our vision. Call me 24 x 7 if I can help you in any way here in the Southeast or any part of our USA.  Bill Stankiewicz, Phone: 1.404.750.3200

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Bill Stankiewicz

Regional Vice President

A&S Kinard

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