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well as handling more than 83 million kilos of air cargo per year for the airline in North America through other contracts covering Newark, New York


JFK, Houston,


Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Los Angeles, and providing passenger services in New York and Chicago, EVA is also a customer of WFS in Paris, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Madrid


and Valencia, and in Hong Kong. In addition to new business


from EVA Air, WFS in Seattle has also recently won new cargo handling contracts with both Aloha Cargo and Polar Air Cargo. In total, WFS now handles more than 28 million kilos a year for eight airline customers at its two facilities at the airport. Mike Simpson, EVP Americas at WFS, said: “EVA


is an important and major global customer of WFS. We are honoured to be extending our relationship in Seattle and to have now earned the airline’s trust to handle its entire passenger, freighter and ramp services. This reflects the strength of our partnership and the high quality of aircraft and cargo handling services being delivered by the WFS team in Seattle. It’s a great start for us to 2021.”


DB Schenker’s Golden Truck ready for 2021 US tour


DB Schenker will be hitting the road in 2021 to showcase its trucking capabilities in the US and North America. The single largest trucking operator in Europe, DB Schenker is widening its footprint in the US at a time when demand for trucking capacity is at an all- time-high and shippers need new carrier options to choose from. Once it’s safe to do so, two


DB Schenker drivers will climb up into the company’s Golden Truck and tour numerous states, stopping along the way to meet with customers, highlight the company’s trucking capabilities, and share their experiences via social media.


Walmart broke ground on December 3 on its nearly 3-million-square-foot Walmart Ridgeville Import Distribution Center in Dorchester County, SC.


Walmart is investing $220


million to build the direct import distribution center, creating approximately 1,000 full-time jobs. Construction is underway on the new storage and cross-dock facility in the Ridgeville Industrial Campus, which sits along Interstate 26. The distribution center, which was announced in July, will take approximately 14 months to build. The Walmart Ridgeville Import Distribution Center


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Walmart breaks ground on distribution center in SC


will supply several regional distribution centers, which will support approximately 850 Walmart and Sam’s Club stores across South Carolina and beyond. “We found great partners


in South Carolina, Dorchester County and SC Ports for our new, $220 million distribution center in Dorchester County, South Carolina,” said Greg Smith, Walmart’s executive vice president of supply chain.


“SC Ports’ business


mindset, efficient operations and shovel-ready site at the Ridgeville Commerce Park helped make this project a reality. SC Ports’ proven track record of handling high-


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demand supply chain needs for the automotive industry gives us full confidence in their ability to meet our retail distribution and e-commerce needs.


excited


about the impact this new distribution facility will have on the regional economy and how it will help us better serve customers across


the


Southeast.” Walmart’s new distribution in


center region


the will grant


Charleston access


to the booming Southeast market and a world-class port. Once fully operational, the distribution center is expected to increase volumes at the Port of Charleston by 5%.


CSX Partners with A&R Logistics on facility near Port of Charleston


CSX has joined with plastics packaging and warehousing leader A&R Logistics to invest in a 615,000-sq. ſt. facility near the Port of Charleston, SC, that gives plastics producers a new option in their export supply chains. The new state-of-the-art


The Golden Truck tour


will include virtual coverage showing where the truck goes, its activities, and the people that it interacts with. The side of the truck features a blue


banner emblazoned with the acronym “ACTION,” which encapsulates DB Schenker’s core values of accountability, commitment, teamwork, integrity, ownership, and now.


Dachser México transports critical automotive


supplies via helicopter


Dachser México, a subsidiary of global logistics provider Dachser, recently leveraged its Critical Cargo service to develop an out-of-the-box solution to move critical automotive supplies 255 miles in four and a half hours in an effort to avoid a $3,000 (USD)-a-minute production line work stoppage for its customer.


The trip from


the manufacturing site in Celaya to the plant of a world- renowned car manufacturer outside Mexico City typically requires five to six hours by


truck, so Dachser Mexico


chartered a helicopter to provide the quickest, most efficient mode of transport. “Through our Critical Cargo


service, Dachser Mexico was able to determine the fastest air route to ensure these essential supplies were delivered quickly,” added Mr. Edgardo Hamon, Managing Director, Dachser Mexico. “Our Critical Cargo service is specifically designed to meet the unique requirements of the fast-paced nature of the automotive industry,


offering rapid response, comprehensive support and


full transparency to


meet high-priority delivery timetables.” The mission was


to transport 120 boxes of essential automotive supplies, weighing over 780 kgs to their end-customer’s plant site located outside Mexico City. The customer urgently required this cargo shipment delivered as swiftly as possible to their end-customer’s site; this was made even more challenging


warehouse was unveiled Nov. 10.


The facility is


designed with the needs of high-volume plastics producers in mind. It offers an East Coast alternative with less congestion and better container availability than the commonly used Gulf ports. The A&R Logistics


given the current pandemic situation and required safety protocols. To transport these supplies in an urgent method to avoid a


plant stoppage, Dachser


Mexico determined the quickest transport method was via an Airbus EC145 passenger helicopter. With the helicopter’s limit of 600


kgs, the remaining


less time-sensitive cargo was transported by land to avoid leasing an additional helicopter and was immediately added to production upon its arrival. Upon its arrival at the


plant site, trucks were waiting to immediately bring these


warehouse has two high-speed packaging lines to efficiently prepare


resin pellets for


export. The bulk plastic pellets originate from producers in the Texas and Louisiana Gulf regions and are shipped by rail through the New Orleans gateway to the CSX-served warehouse. When they reach the facility, the pellets are unloaded, bagged and loaded directly into export containers. The nearby Port of Charleston is served by all major shipping lines to reach key global markets and is a fast-growing port with a deep-water draſt. The warehouse was built


critical automotive supplies directly to its production line. Dachser Mexico personnel were also present to supervise the off-loading operation and provide any necessary in-house support. The team managed the entry of the helicopter onto the premises, informed the local plant staff regarding its departure-to- arrival, including the delivery via land, every 15 minutes, ensuring full transparency and communication. Interestingly, without these


supplies, the production line would have ceased at 7:30 pm. In fact, it would have costed roughly $3,000 (USD) per minute in stoppage costs


on a CSX Select Site — a pre- certified property vetted to fast-track development and minimize risk. This partnership embodies CSX’s


strategy to


offer sustainable, efficient supply chain solutions that help customers grow and reach new markets. “Rail is crucial to this


operation, but CSX has provided so much more than rail. They really helped this vision become a reality,” said A&R Logistics Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy and Legal Officer Alex Buck. “We could not have asked for a better partner than CSX.”


for the end-customer. With


only just minutes to spare, the helicopter successfully landed at 7:20 pm and a potentially costly stoppage was favorably averted. By leveraging its Critical


Cargo service expertise and resources, Dachser Mexico successfully delivered the essential supplies without issue as it arrived on-time including the additional load by land. As a result, the end-customer avoided a production line stoppage and


just as important,


steep stoppage costs were prevented. The final outcome has been one of resounding customer satisfaction.


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