Intermodal equipment leasing leader for over three decades
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PHILADELPHIA TRADE AND LOGISTICS
“ Providing excellent equipment on time and in the right location is important,” Sappio noted.“ Equally important is providing information about the condition of the cargo,” as telematics essentially help a box become a dataproducing asset.
A Mexico-Philadelphia maritime bridge
One of the newest players in Philadelphia’ s trade and logistics landscape is Green Tide Logistics, which launched its Mexico – Philadelphia all-water service in 2025. This resource has already begun reshaping crossborder trade.
“ We’ re a new company, but we bring 17 to 18 years of experience,” said Hans Schriwer, CEO of Green Tide Logistics. This includes tenure with the groundbreaking Maersk Avocado Express, a service that set the standard for fast-transit, precision-temperature reefer logistics.
The all-water service offers something the market has never had before: a direct, six-day ocean bridge from the Gulf of Mexico to Philadelphia.
“ Same transit as truck, less CO2, more efficient and cost-effective. We’ re bringing a water bridge between the two largest trading partners together,” Schriwer said.
The service uses sophisticated port facilities in Tuxpan and Philadelphia,
creating a seamless cold-chain corridor to the northeast market and beyond.
“ Our Canada-bound cargo goes into Holt in Philly, then by truck or CN rail to Toronto and Montreal daily,” Schriwer said.“ It’ s the fastest maritime connection to the Northeast and Canada.”
Schriwer noted that federal guidelines around English language proficiency for commercial truck drivers have increased the need for an alternative to the US- Mexico land border.
“ As a vessel-based company, the fact that land borders now allow only English at borders for truckers works in our favor,” he added.“ There’ s friction in cross-border trucking, and customers are looking for alternatives.”
“ There’ s friction in cross-border trucking, and customers are looking for alternatives.”
Capturing growth
Demand for fresh, high-quality food continues to rise across the US, and Philadelphia is in an exceptional position to capture that persistent growth.
“ We’ re seeing strong demand across citrus, berries, grapes and tropical products,” Antonucci said.“ Consumers expect year-round availability.”
Intermodal equipment leasing leader for over three decades
A global leader in intermodal equipment leasing, SeaCube manages a comprehensive equipment fleet totaling over 1.6 million TEUs. The asset fleet composition includes refrigerated containers, dry containers and gensets. With a global footprint to service all major regions, SeaCube offers services at over 200 depots worldwide, with a total asset fleet valued at over $ 4 billion.
Setting a new course for intermodal transportation equipment, SeaCube is one of the largest purchasers and lessors of refrigerated equipment in the world, offering innovative intermodal services that meet a variety of specific customer requirements.
As government regulations tighten and the industry moves to reduce its carbon footprint, SeaCube continues to take a position of leadership by investing and committing to alternative refrigerants and technology that reduces refrigerated container energy requirements. SeaCube is committed to providing equipment designed to help reduce its customers’ carbon footprints.
Focused on energy efficiency and investing in technology designed to help maintain cargo integrity, SeaCube strives to do its part to mitigate food waste. SeaCube’ s goal is to be its customers’ first choice for energy-efficient refrigerated containers.
The company’ s commitment to investing in technology and embracing digital transformation is a differentiator in today’ s marketplace. Technology and telematics represent the supply chain’ s future and are designed to help customers improve fleet management efficiency and asset performance.
SeaCube’ s telematics offerings provide deep, data-driven insight into asset management and tracking, including increased visibility and predictive analytics.
The business is committed to helping its customers feed the world by investing in state-of-the-art technology. In addition, SeaCube’ s experienced team of industry professionals specialize in creating customized, flexible lease configurations to meet various customer financial objectives and can be custom tailored to match operating cash flow requirements. These flexible lease options can be applied to structure an ideal equipment leasing arrangement.
Today, SeaCube is looking well beyond the horizon, building on its strong foundation to deliver new, innovative intermodal container and leasing solutions that solve long-standing transportation challenges to help its customers increase efficiencies and gain a competitive advantage.
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