Logistics Plus was the proud host of the latest Erie Forward Meeting on March 16th. The quarterly Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership (ERCGP) meeting was attended by roughly 40 guests, including some of the most prominent business leaders in the Erie region. Yuriy Ostapyak, Chief Operations Officer (COO) for Logistics Plus, gave a short presentation about Logistics Plus and discussed the company’s growth, community involvement, and outlook for the future.
Erie Forward Focuses on Five Pillars for Future Success:
Existing Industry Support and Entrepreneurship
Workforce Development and Talent Attraction
New Business Attraction and Investment
Quality of Place, Advocacy, and Sustainability
Regional Competitiveness and Collaboration
Pictures from the March 2023 Erie Forward meeting can be viewed below or on the Logistics Plus Flickr Page.
About Erie Forward
The Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership is leading Erie’s economic evolution. It is time for a new and transformative approach to Economic Development. Erie Forward will be the catalyst for our efforts and regional approach to economic development, talent attraction and development, advocacy efforts, and enhancing our quality of place. The mission of Erie Forward is to enhance economic growth, collaboration, and talent development – building opportunities for all of Erie County’s citizens.
The Logistics Plus (LP) Turkey Project Cargo team successfully completed a converters project from a factory to an undisclosed port. First, the Logistics Plus team picked up the converters from the factory. Our team then transported the converters to a storage area where they were discharged and prepared for the final leg. Lastly, the LP Turkey team loaded the units and transported them to the port where they were loaded onto a vessel for final delivery.
There were a total of 4 converters that each weighed between 25 to 50 tons
We packed two more export containers with 40 pallets of more humanitarian goods and relief aid for Ukraine. Thank you to everyone who continues to donate to this important cause.
We especially appreciate First Ukrainian Pentecostal Church for leading the drive to collect most of these materials (we just provide the storage and handle the logistics).
As a reminder, you can still support the purchase and delivery of power generators for Ukraine at lpukrainerelief.com.
Logistics Plus has partnered with several tracking and visibility technology companies to provide customers with various shipment visibility solutions. We can reduce the risks associated with the movement and handling of high-value shipments by installing multi-sensor trackers with dedicated real-time monitoring.
Our visibility trackers can be used in any domestic, cross-border, or international mode of transportation (air, ocean, road, FTL, LTL, TL, and multimodal) and for asset tracking at yards, warehouses, and project sites. The device sensors detect location (routes, deviations, and geo fence crossing), motion (drop, tilt, shock, and impact), light (door open), pressure (flight detection), and temperature.
Shipment trackers provide the following benefits:
Maintain product integrity. Gain real-time visibility of product integrity, giving peace of mind that you’re meeting all quality and regulatory standards at every stage.
Predictive ETAs. Get predictive ETAs for all your shipments, so you can take action that results in happier customers.
Easier inventory management. Logistics Plus provides upstream and downstream insights with PO-level shipment visibility, simplifying and streamlining inventory planning.
Improved carrier management. With a complete network view and data-driven insights, Logistics Plus customers dramatically improve carrier compliance.
Dynamic container intelligence. Real-time container visibility and port intelligence help you decrease dwell time and manage hidden and erroneous detention and demurrage fees.
Boost supply chain efficiency. From deviation alerts to unified communication, Logistics Plus optimizes manual processes, making it easier for teams to impress customers.
We have both reusable and disposable devices, roughly the size of a smartphone. Let us know if you have a need for this type of service add-on. We often use these trackers on shipments from our multiple U.S. warehouses. We can ship these tracking devices to any location and provide training on the setup process.
We also have lower-cost trackers available for shipments where location and environmental variables are important, but 24/7 professional monitoring and response are not critical.
The Freight Classification Development Council (FCDC) has discussed new amendments to the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC®). These NMFC changes noted below are effective 04/08/2023.
Subject 1 – Furniture Group and Furniture Parts Group – Numerous items for furniture or furniture parts are canceled with reference to new item 78400, new item 79300, item 164390, item 178690 or provisions otherwise applicable, as shown.
Subject 2 – Plastic or Rubber Articles – Provisions for plastic or rubber articles, as shown, are updated by: reclassifying numerous products; canceling the Plastic or Rubber Articles or Materials, Expanded, Group; canceling obsolete provisions; amending minimum packaging requirements; and making other changes in the interest of clarification, simplification and uniformity.
Subject 3 – Dental, Hospital or Medical Supply Group – The Dental, Hospital or Medical Supply Group is updated by canceling numerous items with reference to new items 56570, 56590, 56830 or 56930, or item 188560, as shown. The group is further updated by canceling numbered packages and making other changes in the interest of clarification, simplification and uniformity.
Subject 4 – Cabinets, or Parts Named
Subject 5 – Pipe or Tubing, or Pipe or Tubing Fittings, metal – Numerous items, as shown, are canceled with reference to new item 52200, naming “Pipe, Tubing, or Pipe or Tubing Fittings, metal, combined or not combined with other materials, NOI,” with classes predicated on greatest dimension and density. Note, item 51902 is canceled and reestablished as new Note, item 52201.
Subject 6 – Pipe, Tubing or Pipe Fittings, NOI, mineral and resin composition combined – Item 52250 – Item 52250 is canceled with reference to item 156600.
Subject 7 – Foodstuffs, other than frozen – Numerous items, as shown, are canceled with reference to item 73260, which provides the FCDC’s standard 11-subprovision density scale.
Subject 8 – Sugar – Numerous items, as shown, are canceled with reference to item 73150, which provides density breaks at 10, 15 and 30 pcf.
Subject 9 – Pads, Padding and Related Articles Group – Numerous items, as shown, are canceled with reference to item 149265, which provides the FCDC’s standard 11-subprovision density scale.
Subject 10 – Brooms Group – Numerous items, as shown, are canceled with reference to new item 32800, naming “Brooms, Brushes or Mops, or Parts thereof, NOI,” with classes predicated on the FCDC’s standard 11-subprovision density scale.
Subject 11 – Mirrors – Numerous items, as shown, are canceled with reference to new item 137390, naming “Mirrors, NOI,” with classes predicated on greatest dimension and density.
Subject 12 – Chemicals, NOI – Item 43940 – Item 43940 is amended by assigning classes predicated on density, with breaks at 10, 15 and 30 pcf.
Subject 13 – Pesticides, including Insect Paper, and Flypaper – Item 155045 is canceled with reference to item 155050. Concurrently, item 155050 is amended to assign the FCDC’s standard 11-subprovision density scale.
Subject 14 – Carts, Wagons or Wheeled Trays, food or beverage preparation, serving or vending – Items 81570 and 188950 – Items 81570 and 188950 are canceled with reference to new item 189000, naming “Carts, Wagons or Wheeled Trays, food or beverage preparation, serving or vending, with or without cooking, cooling or heating devices or equipment,” with classes predicated on greatest dimension and density.
Subject 15 – Wheels or Wheel Blanks – Numerous items, as shown, are canceled with reference to new item 197230, naming “Wheels or Wheel Blanks, NOI.” As modified, the new item assigns classes predicated on packaging and density.
Subject 16 – Radiators, heating or cooling – Items 26800, 26840, 26860 and 26880 are canceled with reference to new item 26820, naming “Radiators, heating or cooling, NOI, or Unit Ventilators,” with classes predicated on greatest dimension and density.
Subject 17 – Guards, Screens or Covers, gutter, metal – Item 36650 is amended to read, “Guards, Screens or Covers, gutter, metal,” and to assign classes predicated on greatest dimension and density. The minimum packaging requirements are amended to authorize “in packages,” and new Note, item 36651 is established to provide additional packaging requirements.
Subject 18 – Items (Rules) 245 and 680 – Definition of and Construction Requirements for Crates – The requirements in Item 245 are clarified by: stating that crates are six-sided; amending the methods of securement; and specifying the bottom construction requirements. As modified, the requirements are amended to state that openings on sides, ends and tops must not exceed 25 inches in their greatest dimension, which may be the length, width, height or diagonal measurement of the opening. Item 680, Sec. 5(a) is concurrently amended to state that “in packages” also applies on articles tendered in a “crate-like framework not complying with Item 245.”
Subject 19 – Feeders, livestock or poultry – Numerous items, as shown, are canceled with reference to new item 65300, naming “Feeders, livestock or poultry, including Salt Holders, with or without conveyors or troughs,” with classes predicated on packaging and density.
Subject 20 – Bottle Filling, Labeling, Rinsing, Washing, Wiring, Capping or Corking Machines – Items 115220 and 115240 – Item 115220 is canceled with reference to item 115240. Item 115240 is amended to include “Capping or Corking Machines” and to assign classes predicated on packaging and density.
Subject 21 – Ice Cream Freezers (Ice Cream Makers) – Item 121400 – As modified, item 121400 is canceled with reference to new item 123135, naming “Ice Cream Makers, including Ice Cream-Making Freezers,” and assigning the FCDC’s standard 11-subprovision density scale.
Subject 22 – Peat or Peat Moss – The description of item 154900 is amended to read, “Peat or Peat Moss, NOI,” and class 70 is assigned.
Subject 23 – Culverts, Culvert Sections or Culvert Fittings, metal – Numerous items, as shown, are canceled with reference to new item 51015, naming “Culverts, Culvert Sections or Culvert Fittings, metal,” with classes predicated on greatest dimension and density.
Subject 24 – Blanks or Stampings, NOI, or Castings or Forgings, NOI, aluminum, or brass, bronze or copper – Items 13260, 13320, 30260 and 30320 – Items 13260 and 13320 are canceled with reference to item 13120, and items 30260 and 30320 are canceled with reference to item 30160.
Subject 25 – Dough Sheeters – The description of item 114390 is amended by adding “Dough Sheeters.”
Subject 26 – Removal of ‘F’ Packages
Subject 27 – Obsolete Provisions – Multiple Items
Subject 28 – Obsolete Provisions – Multiple Items
Subject 29 – Obsolete Provisions – Multiple Items
Subject 30 – Obsolete Provisions – Multiple Items
Subject 31 – Bicycles, electric (Electric Bikes or EBikes) – Deferred Subject – As modified, new item 190270 is established, naming “EBikes or ETrikes (Electric Bicycles or Tricycles),” with classes predicated on whether the products are shipped without batteries, with batteries installed, or with batteries uninstalled.
Additional detail is included in the DOCKET 2023-1 bulletin. As always, please contact us if you have any questions.
We packed two more export containers with 40 pallets of more humanitarian goods and relief aid for Ukraine. Thank you to everyone who continues to donate to this important cause.
