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Looking for a third-party logistics provider? For the third year in a row, the editors of Food Logistics have identified 50 of the leading 3PL providers that service the food industry. Here's an alphabetical listing of the 3PLs, along with their services and areas of expertise.


• Alliance Shippers Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ
www.alliance.com
Area served: North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico)
Both asset- and non-asset based
Transportation services: Air cargo, dedicated contract carriage, drivers, equipment, intermodal, LTL, ocean, rail, TL, temperature controlled
Warehousing services: Crossdocking, import/export/customs, reverse logistics, store support, warehousing/distribution management
Corporate overview: Alliance is one of North America's largest independently-owned providers of global logistics and transportation services. Through our more than 50 regional and international sales and operating facilities located in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, Alliance offers shippers a full-service/single-source team approach to providing the perfect shipment via state-of-the-art rail, highway, ocean and air transportation services.

 

• AmeriCold Logistics LLC, Atlanta
www.americold.net
Area served: North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico)
Asset based
Transportation services: Dedicated contract carriage, LTL, TL
Warehousing services: Crossdocking, import/export/customs, inventory/cost accounting, public refrigerated warehousing, reverse logistics, site selection, warehousing/distribution management
Corporate overview: Handling over 60 billion pounds of product annually, AmeriCold is the largest provider of temperature-controlled food distribution services in the country. We are a single source for all of your supply chain needs, offering solutions designed to drive down costs, lower inventory investment and gain efficiency.

 

• A.N. Deringer Inc., St. Albans, VT
www.anderinger.com
Area served: International
Non-asset based
Transportation services: Air cargo, dedicated contract carriage, intermodal, LTL, ocean, rail, TL
Warehousing services: Crossdocking, fulfillment, import/export/customs, inventory/cost accounting, pick/pack assembly, reverse logistics, store support, vendor managed inventory, warehousing/distribution management
Corporate overview: A.N. Deringer is a leading provider of international logistics services including international freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution, customs brokerage, logistics consulting, cargo insurance, duty drawback and meat inspection. Deringer combines over 30 U.S. offices with a global agency network to facilitate the movement of cargo throughout the world.

 

• ArrowStream Inc., Chicago
www.arrowstream.com
Area served: North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico)
Non-asset based
Transportation services: Dedicated contract carriage, fleet leasing, intermodal, LTL, ocean, rail, TL
Warehousing services: Fulfillment, reverse logistics, vendor managed inventory, LLP, JIT, inbound logistics, logistics consulting
Corporate overview: ArrowStream is a leading provider of inbound logistics services for foodservice and retail markets. ArrowStream's logistics management network of more than 200 DCs and 60,000 routes combines and aligns truck and trailer utilization, routes, drivers' time and purchase orders. Our patented logistics technology and processes optimize each customer's inventory replenishment and routing, resulting in a substantial reduction of transportation costs on average of 20 percent annual and recurring savings.

 

• Burris Logistics, Milford, DE
www.burrislogistics.com
Area served: Regional
Asset based
Transportation services: Dedicated contract carriage, LTL, TL
Warehousing services: Crossdocking, fulfillment, import/export/customs, pick/pack assembly, public refrigerated warehousing, reverse logistics, store support, vendor managed inventory, warehousing/distribution management
Corporate overview: Burris Logistics operates a network of frozen food warehousing and distribution systems in the eastern U.S. From the days of finding the solution for delivering fresh-baked bread from Philadelphia to the Delmarva Peninsula back in the 1920s, to our current position as one of the largest temperature-controlled logistics companies on the East Coast, we offer customers a combination of strength, stability and experience.

 

• Cardinal Logistics Management Corp., Concord, NC
www.cardlog.com
Area served: National (U.S. only)
Both asset- and non-asset based
Transportation services: Dedicated contract carriage, drivers, equipment
Warehousing services: Crossdocking, fulfillment, inventory/cost accounting, pick/pack assembly, reverse logistics, site selection, store support, vendor managed inventory, warehousing/distribution management
Corporate overview: Privately-held Cardinal Logistics is one of the fastest growing and highly regarded 3PLs in the U.S. Cardinal offers integrated transportation and warehousing services including: asset-based dedicated contract carriage, "final-mile" home and jobsite delivery, warehousing and inventory management, supply chain modeling and logistics management.

 

• CaseStack, Santa Monica, CA
www.casestack.com
Area served: North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico)
Both asset- and non-asset based
Transportation services: Intermodal, LTL, ocean, rail, TL
Warehousing services: Crossdocking, fulfillment, inventory/cost account, pick/pack assembly, reverse logistics, vendor managed inventory, warehousing/distribution management
Corporate overview: CaseStack provides logistics outsourcing services to companies that sell products to retailers, distributors and other manufacturers. CaseStack combines an advanced transportation and warehousing system with proprietary, web-based software to provide end-to-end fulfillment services that enable customers to reap the benefits without all the infrastructure costs. CaseStack has received awards from Ernst & Young, Deloitte and Inc. magazine, recognizing it as one of the fastest growing and technologically advanced outsourcing companies in North America.

 

• C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., Eden Prairie, MN
www.chrobinson.com
Area served: International
Non-asset based
Transportation services: Air cargo, bulk, dedicated contract carriage, intermodal, LTL, ocean, rail, TL
Warehousing services: Crossdocking, import/export/customs, pick/pack assembly, reverse logistics
Corporate overview: Founded in 1905, C.H. Robinson is a global provider of multi-modal transportation services and logistics solutions, serving over 29,000 customers throughout a network of 220 offices in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. C.H. Robinson is a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest third-party logistics companies in the world, with 2007 gross revenues of $7.3 billion.

 

• CLS, Winston-Salem, NC
www.cls.inmar.com
Area served: North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico)
Non-asset based
Warehousing services: Fulfillment, reverse logistics, warehousing/distribution management
Corporate overview: CLS is an industry leader in providing technology-driven reverse logistics and supply chain solutions to the consumer goods and healthcare market. Our solutions include: returns management, asset recovery and liquidation, regulatory compliant disposition, recall management, supply chain analysis, web-based analytics. By combining excellent execution with information intelligence, our solutions provide the foundation for collaboration between our clients and their trading partners to improve the overall supply chain.

 

• Cryo-Trans Inc., Owings Mills, MD
www.mhwgroup.com
Area served: North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico)
Both asset- and non-asset based
Transportation services: Rail, TL
Warehousing services: Crossdocking, public refrigerated warehousing, warehousing/distribution management, consolidation, LTL trucking
Corporate overview: Cryo-Trans and its sister companies in the MHW Group provide a complete asset-based cold supply chain solution to the marketplace. We provide refrigerated railcar leasing, railcar fleet management and 3PL services, public refrigerated warehousing and refrigerated trucking services across North America.

 

• DHL Exel Supply Chain, Westerville, OH
www.exel.com
Area served: International
Both asset- and non-asset based
Transportation services: Air cargo, bulk, dedicated contract carriage, drivers, equipment, fleet leasing, intermodal, LTL, ocean, rail, TL
Warehousing services: Crossdocking, fulfillment, import/export/customs, inventory/cost accounting, pick/pack assembly, public refrigerated warehousing, reverse logistics, site selection, store support, vendor managed inventory, warehousing/distribution management, facilities management, product packaging--primary and secondary, food and beverage contract manufacturing.
Corporate overview: DHL Exel is the global market leader of the logistics industry, specializing in providing innovative and customized solutions from a single source. The company offers an expertise in air and ocean freight, overland transport and contract logistics solutions, as well as an in-depth understanding of local markets.

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