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Issue 8 2017 - FBJNA C.H. Robinson acquires Canada’s Milgram & Co. Ltd.


C.H. Robinson continues to expand its global presence with the acquisition of Milgram & Co. Ltd., world-class provider of freight forwarding, customs brokerage and surface transportation in Canada. “Today, we are bringing one


of Canada’s most respected forwarding companies into C.H. Robinson,” said John Wiehoff, C.H. Robinson chairman and CEO. “This acquisition continues our global expansion and marks our third Global Forwarding acquisition in


the past five


years. We are extremely proud of the progress we have made in bringing these companies into C.H. Robinson, and Milgram provides another unique opportunity to strengthen our global forwarding and customs brokerage offerings in Canada.” Milgram is a leading


provider of customs brokerage and freight forwarding, in addition to providing surface transportation and warehousing services, to 3,500 active customers. Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Milgram has six offices


in Canada and one office in the United States. Milgram is a gold standard winner of Canada’s Best Managed Companies®. For the fiscal year ending May 31,


2017, Milgram had


approximately $155.3 million CAD (approximately $124 million) in gross revenues. C.H. Robinson’s Global


Forwarding business currently serves five continents and 31 countries, with over 4,000 employees and 125 offices worldwide, and is the #1 NVO from China to the US.Global Forwarding customers


leverage C.H. Robinson’s considerable freight volumes to access available capacity at competitive rates. “This acquisition strengthens


our ability to continue to serve the world’s shippers and help them meet their global supply chain goals,” said Mike Short, President of C.H. Robinson’s Global Forwarding division. “Milgram has built a successful business doing things the right way, serving customers, and exceeding their expectations. We look forward to bringing their talented team to C.H. Robinson.” C.H. Robinson will integrate


Milgram into its Global Forwarding division and single global technology platform, Navisphere®.


Americold breaks ground on two new facilities


with ground clearing. The facility is expected to open in December 2018. Americold also has broken


ground on a new facility in Middleborough, MA for


its


long-time partner Ocean Spray. The facility will support Ocean Spray’s production requirements for its northeast harvesting operations, specifically for Craisins® dried cranberries. “We are so pleased to be


L to r: Jon Scholtes, field rep for Congressman Kinzinger; Tom Demmer, IL State representative; Chet Olson, Rochelle, IL mayor; Fred Boehler, Americold president & CEO; Sean McCarthy, director Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity; Tim Hinckley, Americold COO; Dan Lundquist, general manager-Rochelle, Americold


Americold recently announced that it has broken ground for a new facility at its Rochelle, IL campus, adding a 15.5 million cubic foot automated facility to its network. The campus is currently home to two conventional warehouse facilities. This addition, being built on Americold-owned land, will bring an additional 57,600 pallet positions and extensive automation capabilities— boosting available capacity for Americold’s customers in the Chicago market.


“Working with some of our


key partners, we identified the opportunity to update and expand our campus just an hour east of Chicagoland, and to offer both automated and conventional storage and distribution options,” commented Fred Boehler, President & CEO of Americold. “Our customers challenged us for a solution, and I’m proud that today marks the first day of making that solution a reality.” The additional facility will be a 140-foot-high series of rooms,


housing an automated storage and retrieval system attached to a conventional warehouse format for maximum flexibility as customers’ needs evolve. The combined campus footprint will amass more than 33.5 million cubic feet and contain more than 115,000 pallet positions—a significant offering for Americold’s Midwest customer base in the geographically advantaged Illinois location. The construction phase of the project has already begun


able to expand our support for Ocean Spray with the construction of this new building,” Boehler. “It’s a great example of partners coming together to develop a mutually beneficial solution for future growth.” Ocean


Spray has been


an Americold partner for nearly 40 years. As demand for the company’s array of unique, healthy products has continued to


so has the need for


grow globally, frozen


storage and refrigeration. This new facility, adjacent to Ocean Spray’s production facility in Middleborough, now will become a key component of the


distribution process for


Craisins® dried cranberries. The new facility will offer


173,000 sq. ft. of bulk storage with


three rooms operating


at 0o Fahrenheit to maintain cranberry integrity from harvest to production. Design


considerations took into account the high volume of incoming cranberry loads at harvest time, and freezing those


cranberries to Ocean


Spray’s high standards, which ensure the incredible taste,


color, and health benefits consumers know and enjoy. The construction phase


is underway. The facility is expected to open in September 2018—in time for the Fall 2018 harvest.


News Roundup


The Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) confirmed Abdul Khaliq Saeed as the new CEO for Etihad Airways Engineering, replacing Jeff Wilkinson, who is leaving the post aſter 11 years with the company. Saeed brings over 35 years of international maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry experience, and joins Etihad Airways Engineering from Abu Dhabi based, Turbine Services & Solutions (TS&S) where he has been CEO since 2014.


///NEWS Air


Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. has announced the ACMI placement of a 747-400 freighter with DHL Global Forwarding, The 747-400F will be operated by Atlas Air, Inc. and will fly on behalf of DHL Global Forwarding through an aircraſt, crew, maintenance and insurance agreement. The new service will commence this month and will serve routes between the United States, Europe, and Asia.


Budapest Airport processed a record 72,161 tonnes of cargo from January to July 2017, up 19.6% on the same period last year. The Hungarian capital recorded 49,420 tonnes of air cargo, up 16.7%, and 22,741 tonnes of trucked cargo, up 26.5% compared to last year. July figures grew 16% to 10,729 tonnes, including 7,432 tonnes of airfreight, up 15.5% on July 2016, and 3,297 tonnes of trucked freight, up 17.2%. “Budapest has a balanced market share, with inbound cargo at 47% in the first half of the year, and outbound cargo at 53%,” said Jozsef Kossuth, Cargo Manager, Budapest Airport.


The Dettmer Group based in Bremen (Germany) has taken over the largest air cargo handling company at Hamburg airport, LHU Luſt Hafen Umschlag GmbH. Due to the insolvency of its former owner, the Carl Tiedemann Group, LHU was facing financial difficulties. With the change in ownership the continuation of the company and the employment of the staff are secure.


Two state-of-the-art express facilities have opened at Budapest Airport, as part of the EUR160 million BUD:2020 Development Program. DHL Express is the latest to launch at the warehouse and office complexes, which have automated sorting systems, and represent the largest air cargo development at Budapest Airport to date, with a total land area development of just over 60,000 square meters. That warehouse capacity will give DHL space to accommodate growth generated by fully automatic shipment processing that allows DHL to process more than 6,000 pieces per hour -- three times its current capacity. The next freight phase of the BUD:2020 Development Program will be the development of Cargo City next to Terminal 2, due to be completed in 2019.


Cargo iQ has launched online self-service access to its data, giving members real-time information on performance for the first time, enabling them to develop new products and improve processes. Cargo iQ’s ‘Air Cargo Intelligence Hub’ gives its members access to their data on any given route and produces customized reports, allowing them to compare their own performance against Cargo iQ standards, and that of the Cargo iQ community overall.


Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) saw total volumes across its near 60 cargo locations in the US rise by more than 17% in the first seven months of 2017. WFS, which handled over 1.8 million tonnes for customers in North America in 2016, won a further 37 new airline contracts in the opening seven months of this year as well as 10 contract


renewals from existing customers. These agreements


included contracts with Avianca Cargo in Miami, Atlas Air/Polar Air Cargo in Cincinnati, and AirBridgeCargo Airlines in Los Angeles as well as China Airlines in Chicago, LOT Polish in Newark and Los Angeles, and Swiss International Air Lines in San Diego.


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