Troy Container Line, one the world’s largest American-owned non-vessel operating common carriers, opened a new container freight station June 1 at 122 Norwest Court, just eight miles from the Port of Savannah.
The 175,000-square-foot facility includes 47 dock doors and an approved security system.
A non-vessel operating common carrier — or NVOCC — is a shipment consolidator or freight forwarder who doesn’t own any vessels but functions as a carrier by issuing its own bills of lading or air waybills and assuming responsibility for shipments.
The new facility marks Troy’s 21st warehouse location in the continental U.S. and will serve the local market as well as customers across six continents, according to Patricia L. Fitzgerald, the company’s chief operating officer for exports.
“At Troy Container Line, we continually evolve to meet the needs of our growing client base,” Fitzgerald said. “In conjunction with our Charlotte, N.C., office and Miami warehouse, the Savannah container freight station solidifies Troy Container Line’s growing presence in the South Atlantic United States.”
Founded in 1984, Troy has become one of the largest companies in its industry, serving more than 2,000 customers with 700 destinations on six continents. Fitzgerald said founder Michael Troy based the business on the service his company could provide shippers compared to steamship lines.
In addition to the Savannah facility, Troy recently announced a new Chicago to Rotterdam service, as well as a direct consolidation service to Liverpool and Manchester, England.
For more information, go to www.troylines.com.
Coastal Logistics growing
Sarah Baker of the Memphis Daily News reports that Savannah-based third-party logistics firm Coastal Logistics Group Inc. is seeing rapid expansion in the Southeast Memphis industrial market after its local entrance less than a year ago.
CLG has signed a 50,000-square-foot lease extension, doubling the space it leased in June 2011.
Founded in 2004, CLG provides distribution, contract logistics, specialized export packing and crating, and project cargo for exporters. The company serves the Southeast gateway through locations in Savannah, Norfolk and Memphis.
Twice named to Inc. Magazine’s 500/5000 list as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S., CLG in March announced a partnership with Houston-based Port Logistics Group to extend its geographic reach and service offerings.
A month for records
In his monthly Logistics Market Snapshot, Page Siplon usually highlights his favorite “encouraging statistics.”
In his May snapshot, however, the executive director of the Savannah-based Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics was struck with how many record-setting events he’d seen in the last months and decided to focus on those instead.
After all, what can be more encouraging than the setting of all-time records?
Here’s a sampling:
• The U.S. set records for both import and export volumes, which increased 5 percent and 3 percent respectively in March.
• Exports of U.S. poultry — one of the top industries in Georgia — also set records for the first quarter of this year. Overall, U.S. poultry meat export volumes climbed 14 percent over the first quarter of 2011. That’s 787,000 tons valued at over $796 million.
• U.S seaports set the record for TEU imports in April — up 9.2 percent in over March. A TEU is a twenty-foot equivalent unit. The most common container size is 40 feet long and equals two TEUs.
• The active container ship fleet reached a record capacity of 15 million TEU’s. This is driven by deliveries of new vessels and a sharp reduction in the number of laid-up ships. Sixty-two new container ships have been delivered since January, 23 of which exceeded 10,000 TEU’s each.
• Both CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads brought in record first quarter 2012 profits, with earnings up 13.7 percent and 26 percent, respectively, year-over-year.
Senior business reporter Mary Carr Mayle covers the ports for the Savannah Morning News. She can be reached at 912-652-0324 or at mary.mayle@savannahnow.com.
SHIPPING SCHEDULE
These are the ships expected to call on Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City and Ocean Terminals in the next week. Sailing schedules are provided by Georgia Ports Authority and are subject to change.
Terminal Ship name Arrival
GCT BALTHASAR SCHULTE Today
GCT COSCO BOSTON Today
GCT MSC AUSTRIA Today
GCT NYK REMUS Today
GCT APL PEARL Today
GCT HANJIN COLOMBO Today
GCT EVER DIADEM Today
GCT STUTTGART EXPRESS Today
OT GRANDE GABON Today
OT ATLANTIC GRACE Today
GCT MSC LUDOVICA Saturday
GCT HANJIN ELIZABETH Saturday
GCT CMA CGM TANCREDI Saturday
GCT CHARLESTON EXPRESS Saturday
GCT KIEL EXPRESS Saturday
GCT YM ELIXIR Saturday
GCT IRENES LOGOS Sunday
GCT POLARIS J Sunday
GCT OOCL ANTWERP Sunday
GCT MESSOLOGI Sunday
GCT ZIM ONTARIO Monday
GCT CMA CGM AMBER Monday
GCT VERACRUZ EXPRESS Monday
GCT MAERSK DIEPPE Monday
GCT MSC CHARLESTON Monday
OT ANIARA Monday
GCT ZIM TEXAS Tuesday
GCT APL JADE Tuesday
GCT SEOUL EXPRESS Tuesday
GCT NYK DAEDALUS Tuesday
GCT MAERSK WAKAYAMA Tuesday
GCT HYUNDAI VOYAGER Tuesday
GCT NYK JOANNA Tuesday
OT TOLEDO Tuesday
OT SAUDI DIRIYAH Tuesday
GCT FOUMA Wednesday
GCT SEA-LAND CHAMPION Wednesday
GCT CMA CGM VIRGINIA Wednesday
GCT LIONS GATE BRIDGE Wednesday
GCT STADT FREIBURG Wednesday
GCT HANJIN VALENCIA Wednesday
OT ENDURANCE Wednesday
GCT MSC MARIANNA Thursday
GCT ZIM MEDITERRANEAN Thursday
GCT ISLANDIA Thursday
GCT MSC KYOTO Thursday
GCT UASC JEDDAH Thursday
GCT CGM UTRILLO Thursday
GCT AGLAIA Thursday
GCT RESOLVE Thursday
GCT MAERSK IOWA Thursday
GCT ITALY EXPRESS Thursday
OT MORNING MARGARETA Thursday