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Check out the main news from our member Logistics Plus Inc., a leading provider of transportation, logistics and supply chain solutions in Mexico and the United States.
About Logistics Plus
Logistics Plus Inc. provides freight transportation, warehousing, global logistics, and supply chain management solutions through a worldwide network of talented and caring professionals.
Founded 21 years ago by local entrepreneur Jim Berlin, Logistics Plus is a fast-growing and award-winning transportation and logistics company. With a strong passion for excellence, its 450+ employees put the “Plus” in logistics by doing the big things properly, and the countless little things, that together ensure complete customer satisfaction and success.
Logistics Plus News
Logistics Plus impresses Google with its outstanding services
February, 2018
LP has recently impressed Google by helping it manage the logistics of its 2017 year-end Made by Google product launches., which included the hot-selling new Pixel 2 Phones.
With an incredible and outstanding work, Google has extended Logistics Plus short-term “Proof of Concept” contract into a much longer-term deal. Below you can check out the LP professionals in charge of the successful Google related operations:
- Luv Khurana
- Vladimir Yakunin
- Julie Moore
- Matt Bosko
- Debbie Bigelow
- (With some able help from Gretchen Seth)
“I love that while we have maintained a base of 20th century industrial businesses for our 21 years, a lot of our new customers are truly 21st century companies, reflecting our ability to connect the best of “the old way” with the best of the new way too,” said Jim Berlin, founder and CEO of Logistics Plus. “Evolving to fit the changing needs of our customers—young or old. The LP WAY!”
Logistics Plus named a top 3PL provider by Multichannel Merchant
January, 2018
Logistics Plus has recently been selected by Multichannel Merchant as a Top 3PL Provider for 2018. For the third year in a row, the editors of Multichannel Merchant have created the list as a valuable service for key decision makers responsible for e-commerce, management, marketing and operations at companies that sell merchandise through multiple channels — including e-commerce, mobile, social and catalog.
Third-party logistics providers (3PLs) have been growing in importance in recent years as e-commerce sales continue to skyrocket. More merchants are looking to outsource critical operations and fulfillment duties, which in many cases fall outside their core strengths. A trusted 3PL partner can free them up to focus on other aspects of growing and managing their business. Logistics Plus has developed a solid reputation with a growing number of merchants and retailers requiring a variety of logistics solutions, including importing, exporting, transportation, warehousing, and fulfillment.
The company profiles in the Multichannel Merchant (MCM) Top 3PL listing include vital information to help merchants in their selection process, including key capabilities, average annual client order volume, top merchandise categories handled, facility locations and more.
“E-commerce and omnichannel distribution strategies are becoming commonplace among retailers,” said Jim Berlin, founder, and CEO of Logistics Plus. “Logistics Plus continues to change and adapt to this important and growing segment of logistics that not only relies on traditional transportation management services but also, increasingly, data management and specialized reporting solutions. Being named a top 3PL provider by the respected editors at Multichannel Merchant is an honor for us, and a confirmation that we’re doing the right things needed to serve the logistical needs of the merchant community.”
Logistics Plus Acquires Lynx Fulfillment
November, 2017
Logistics Plus has announced this month that it has acquired complete ownership of Lynx Fulfillment, LLC. Prior to the acquisition, Lynx Fulfillment was partially-owned by Logistics Plus. As part of the agreement, Lynx Fulfillment will be rebranded as Logistics Plus Fulfillment Solutions (aka LP Fulfillment). Additionally, Patrick Randolph, the Managing Director and partial-owner of Lynx Fulfillment, has joined Logistics Plus to head up its fast-growing LP Fulfillment division.
Lynx Fulfillment is based in Olean, NY with over 40,000 square feet of dedicated warehousing and fulfillment space. It has a second 10,000 square-foot operation located in Carson, CA. The company, which specializes in customized pick, pack, and ship order fulfillment solutions, has over 60 clients and employs over a dozen experienced warehousing, fulfillment and customer service specialists. All assets and employees were transitioned to Logistics Plus effective November 1, 2017.
“This is great news for both Lynx and LP clients,” said Randolph. “Lynx clients will enjoy the same personalized and professional services they had before, but now, as part of a larger, global organization, they’ll have access to additional services and resources. LP clients benefit by getting ready-access to additional warehousing and fulfillment capabilities, which now include well over one-million square feet of warehousing space at multiple locations across North America.”
“We’re excited to welcome Patrick and the Lynx Fulfillment team into the larger Logistics Plus family,” said Jim Berlin, founder
Logistics Plus: One of Houston’s most inspiring stories
August, 2017
The VoyageHouston magazine has included Logistics Plus in their Houston’s Most Inspiring Stories collection.
The Logistics Plus Houston office – one of over forty locations around the world – is located in the North Loop area of Houston. Port Houston is an important gateway for the Logistics Plus International and Project Cargo teams. Additionally, the Houston office plays a key role in the U.S./Mexico cross-border logistical activities.
Since Logistics Plus is a rising star in the State of Texas, the folks at VoyageHouston were kind enough to interview Jim Berlin, founder and CEO of the logistics company. Jim founded Logistics Plus in 1996 with only three employees, one customer and a $120,000 purchase order. 20 years later, the company counts on 400 employees serving thousands of customers all around the world, and over $150 million in global sales.
In the interview Jim Berlin briefly talks about his story and how was the journey to get where he is today. He also tells about Logistics Plus: “Whether it moves by air, by ocean, on the highway or on a rail, we know how to move stuff really well. We’re also well known for moving really big stuff that other companies either can’t or won’t touch (often in or out of the Port of Houston). We find a way to do it because logistics is in our DNA.”
Then, when asked about how he thinks the industry will change over the next decade, Jim says that although all the changes in technology, things are pretty much the same in logistics, they are just faster. According to the Logistics Plus’ founder, “there may/will be more apps and drones and robots doing a lot of the work but, if you look around your office or your home or the bar or restaurant you’re sitting in, everything came from somewhere. Someone packed it and shipped it and moved it and delivered it, and I don’t ever see that changing.”
Read the full interview by visiting the VoyageHouston website.
Logistics Plus loads cryogenic gas tank from Turkey to Norway
May, 2017
Logistics Plus was in charge safely loading a 24.2m X 5.70m X 6.00m 105-ton cryogenic gas tank for transit from Turkey to Norway. Check out these beautiful photographs provided by the Logistics Plus Project Cargo Team. The operation was led by the LP Turkey and LP Belgium offices.
Logistics Plus delivered 18 metro wagons to job site
February, 2017
Logistics Plus was in charge of safely delivering 18 metro wagons to a job site, each of them with 2300 x 365 m and 40 metric tons. Below you can have an overview of some of this work:
Logistics Plus opens new warehousing operation in California
January, 2017
Logistics Plus is proud to announce that,
In addition to its new Ontario facility, Logistics Plus has an existing Los Angeles warehouse located in Carson, California. The expanded presence in Southern California was driven by the Company’s recent growth of supply chain solutions provided to WeWork, the world’s leading co-working space provider, and increased demand from Amazon retailers seeking third-party import, warehousing and fulfillment services.
Tanks Transportation
September, 2016
LP organized the transport of 4 huge empty NH3 tanks from the yard in Onsan, South Korea to the yard in Portland, OR –
The tanks each measured up to 30 meters in length, 24 meters in width and 17 meters in height, each weighing up to 1038 metric ton. At those dimensions and weight, the vessel used for this transport was one of only two sister vessels in the world that can lift these tanks in a single lift.
The entire project took over one year of careful planning and engineering; but in the end, Logistics Plus found all of the right partners and resources needed to successfully execute this project cargo move.
To know more about Logistics Plus Cargo Projects, click here.
LP Mexico celebrates 10 years
July, 2016
is proud to celebrate its 10th year of business operating in Mexico this month. As an important division within the company, today “LP Mexico” has more than 30 employees located at offices in Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, and San Luis Potosi.
Mexico continues to play an important role in global supply chains as companies across a variety of industries enhance their presence in the country by expanding manufacturing operations or growing their supplier base there. Over the past 10 years, companies doing business in Mexico have benefited from working with Logistics Plus bilingual experts, both inside and outside of Mexico, to provide reliable cross border transportation, import and export solutions, customs brokerage, and intra-Mexico logistics services.
“Originally Logistics Plus began serving Mexico from Erie, PA to support GE Transportation (a division of General Electric) and the movement of locomotives and parts to and from the U.S.,” said Francisco Tijerina, Mexico division director for Logistics Plus. “Through word-of-mouth, referrals and great service, we now provide logistics services in Mexico from our three in-country locations, and we have hundreds of additional customers across many industries. We look forward to many more years of service to our customers in this important and growing region of the world.”
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