Global cold storage warehousing, integrated transportation solutions
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST TRADE AND LOGISTICS
we’ re served by two Class I railroads, BNSF and Union Pacific, so cargo that moves through here benefits from competitive transit times,” said John McCarthy, president of the Port of Tacoma Commission and managing member cochair of NWSA.
Tahoma Global Logistics leverages the alliance’ s strategic location to support high-volume import and export flows. Its operations at the seaports encompass transloading, cross-docking, warehousing and secured outdoor cargo staging.
“ Additionally, our on-site container and chassis depots ensure seamless equipment availability and operational fluidity, keeping us fully aligned with the demands of international containerized logistics,” Roche said.
NWSA is the sixth-busiest cargo port in the US by container volume. It is home to 100 transload facilities and the secondlargest warehouse district distribution network in the country built on a strong, intergenerational maritime workforce.
“ The efficiencies that our supply chain can offer folks for exports and for imports are really what give us an edge,” said Toshiko Hasegawa, president of the Port of Seattle Commission and managing member co-chair of NWSA.
“ Because of our location, we offer our shippers super-fast transit times between the North harbor, the South harbor and our Asian markets. In fact, we have the fastest transit time, due to our vessel string between us and Vietnam,” she added, referring to UWL’ s Sun Chief Express.
Sun Chief is an ocean service that directly connects Vietnam to the United States through the Port of Seattle in 18 days. It has substantially grown cargo volume in the gateway and boosted economic activity for the entire Pacific Northwest region.
Supporting agriculture The PNW facilitates a critical link in connecting trade-dependent states, such as Washington, Alaska and Hawaii, with the rest of the world, playing an especially important role in meeting the growing consumer demand for fresh foods and seafood products.
Over the last three decades, consumption of seafood products in the United States has grown by 30 %, led by fresh and frozen seafood. US residents consumed an average of 20.5 pounds of seafood per capita in 2021, according to the US Department of Agriculture’ s Economic Research Service.
Alaska is a major contributor of seafood, providing more than 60 % of the total US seafood harvest and 1.3 % of the global quantity. According to the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, in 2022, the Alaska seafood industry harvested 4.8 billion pounds of seafood, worth approximately $ 2 billion.
Often referred to as the Gateway to Alaska, the Port of Tacoma— through its partnerships with companies such as TOTE Maritime Alaska— plays a
Global cold storage warehousing, integrated transportation solutions
One of the world’ s largest providers of cold storage warehousing and integrated transportation solutions, Lineage Logistics serves more than 12,000 customers. The company is responsible for storing, handling and transporting food products around the globe and helps keep the food supply chain safe and accessible.
Lineage operates in many of the world’ s busiest ports, in large population centers and near its customers’ strategic production locations. The company’ s world-class network includes more than 485 strategically located facilities totaling approximately 86 million square feet and approximately 3.1 billion cubic feet of capacity across countries in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Lineage’ s integrated solution offerings provide reliable food transportation, with a robust and flexible set of global transportation solutions to maximize efficiency and optimize costs across your supply chain. From port to rail to over-the-road, the company helps streamline your product’ s journey with value-added services such as drayage, freight forwarding, direct to consumer and more.
Beyond a world-class warehousing network and comprehensive suite of integrated transportation solutions, Lineage provides a technology-enabled platform to meet the diverse needs of customers and deliver more value. The company’ s in-house data science team, which is comprised of applied science and product professionals, provide data-driven business intelligence and innovations to continually improve and optimize operations.
Because time and information are critical in managing supply chains effectively, Lineage has also developed and deployed proprietary operating systems to improve customer experience. Lineage Link empowers customers to actively manage their inventories, orders, shipments and transportation appointment scheduling across Lineage’ s warehouse network.
Coupling end-to-end supply chain solutions and technology, Lineage partners with some of the world’ s largest food and beverage producers, retailers, and distributors to help increase distribution efficiency, advance sustainability, minimize supply chain waste and most importantly, feed the world. n
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