Chamber Honors Top Logistics Performers
November 13, 2008
Chamber Honors Top Logistics Performers as Metro Atlanta Ranks As Third Most Logistics-Friendly Metro in the U.S.ATLANTA – Metro Atlanta ranked third this year behind Kansas City and St. Louis as the most logistics-friendly metro in the . . .

Hartsfield Lands Cargo Route
March 16, 2007
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has landed Cargolux Airlines International S.A., Europe's largest cargo-only carrier. The No. 11-ranked cargo carrier worldwide will begin twice-weekly flights to Atlanta on March 29.

ALIC Publishes Logistics Innovation Report
January 25, 2007
Study Reveals Atlanta Innovation in Logistics is Top Five, Logistics Cluster Recognized by Porter.A new logistics innovation study released by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce revealed that metro Atlanta is the fifth largest producer . . .

ALIC and CSCMP held sold out Nov. 14 Logistics Innovation Luncheon
November 15, 2006
The Metro Atlanta Chamber, in partnership with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), held a logistics forum with world leaders in logistics and supply chain management on Nov. 14. At the forum, the Chamber announced . . .

Atlantans build relationships on trip to Asia
March 17, 2006
The Atlanta airport's H. Warren Jones and the metro chamber's Bob Pertierra had very specific goals for their Feb. 10-21 trip to five Asian cities: spread the word about the busiest passenger airport in the world being a key hub for U.S. . . .

Airport adds weight to freight
January 20, 2006
Atlanta's airport and the port of Savannah are both gateways from Georgia to the global economy.

Selling China on Atlanta
January 13, 2006
Although Delta Air Lines Inc. failed to win a coveted nonstop route to China in 2005, Atlanta officials are forging ahead to find their own Silk Road.

Brokers Roundtable, Part 2
November 4, 2005
PROPHET: How will fuel prices affect logisticsGRABLE: Sam mentioned it in terms of rail and intermodal. And intermodal business is picking up now to the extent of 10 to 12 percent per annum. I mean, these containers come off the ships . . .

Partners in Trade
November 4, 2005
Feel the sea breeze. Although metro Atlanta is more than 200 miles from the ocean, real estate experts say it's evolving into an "inland port" for warehousing and distributing products going to and from the booming Port of Savannah. "The . . .

The world is shrinking
November 4, 2005
Manufacturers are using technology to scrutinize every link in the supply chain, experts say. In the process, they're closing gaps and changing timeworn practices. And the changes are having a real impact on the supply chain. "As the . . .

Brokers Roundtable Part 1
November 4, 2005
In October, Atlanta Business Chronicle invited four brokers to discuss the idea of Atlanta as a logistics hub. Participants were Steve Grable, senior vice president and principal with Colliers Cauble & Company; Blaine Kelley, first vice . . .

Solo Cup Co. deal lands in Social Circle
October 7, 2005
A change in manufacturing methods, coupled with the locations of existing Georgia facilities, led a major company to select a site in a Walton County community for a new distribution center. In a build-to-suit deal that closed in September, . . .

Ship Shape - How Savannah Brought New Life To Its Aging Port
August 22, 2005
For more than 250 years, the port of Savannah was a thriving conduit from the farms and factories of the Southeast, exporting flax, silk and cotton to Europe and the rest of the world. But by 1988, Savannah's docks sat half-empty, decimated . . .

Trucks could get toll lanes on interstates
August 1, 2005
The most dramatic suggestion yet about how to reduce metro Atlanta's notorious traffic congestion involves giving trucks their own lanes. A study by the State Road and Tollway Authority suggests that metro Atlanta's interstate highway . . .

Gateway Atlanta Builds On Cooperation
June 21, 2005
It has been apparent for some time now that Hartsfield/Jackson International Airport is one of the great airport operations. HJIA was named after two former mayors of the city of Atlanta, and is known to the world simply as ATL. You could . . .

Giant warehouses point to logistics growth
May 6, 2005
Trammell Crow Co.'s Wit Truitt assisted PetsMart Inc. last year in leasing a 1 million-square-foot distribution facility in Illinois. This time, the transaction is heading a little closer to Truitt's home base of Atlanta, as the pet products . . .

First Industrial nabs Staples build-to-suit
May 6, 2005
A deal that beat out the competition and a site that fit the multiple business goals of a sizable space user resulted in a major distribution center transaction on the west side of the metro area. In a deal that closed in December, Staples . . .

PepsiCo sets up base in Atlanta, the home of Coca-Cola
March 14, 2005
Emblazoned on top of the company's high-rise headquarters, Coca-Cola's famous red logo figures prominently in the Atlanta skyline. Georgians are fiercely loyal to the brand.Now PepsiCo plans to open a big distribution centre in the city. . . .

The Best Logistics Locations
March 10, 2005
According to the non-profit Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA), logistics can be defined as the "movement, protection, storage, and control of materials and products throughout the process of their manufacture and distribution, . . .

Del Monte honored for distribution center deal
March 4, 2005
Del Monte Foods Co. needed a distribution center that would serve as its regional hub with easy access to all forms of transportation, including railways and highways. The San Francisco-based company found and leased from Majestic Realty . . .

Where in the World?The Best Locations for Supply-chain Management Facilities
March 1, 2005
Supply-chain managers are all too aware of the pressures that global competition is forcing on the traditional boundaries of time and space. This irreversible trend is now being reflected across entire enterprises in how they manage their . . .

Let's Get Real
February 1, 2005
WHEN IT COMES TO THE LOGISTICS WORLD, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more visible academic than John Langley. Langley, who heads up the logistics and supply chain program at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is one of the most sought-after . . .

Cargo Facilities Expanding at Airport
December 17, 2004
Dramatic growth in Atlanta's international air cargo is prompting Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to accelerate its evaluation of an additional air cargo facility to meet demand, said Robert Kennedy, the airport's director . . .

Atlantans headed to China
October 1, 2004
Following in the footsteps of United Parcel Service Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc., officials from the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport plan to travel in October to the world's hottest economy . . .

Moving Things Along
May 7, 2004
Logistics may be the most important industry you've never heard of. It's responsible for 85,000 jobs and an annual payroll of $4.2 billion in Metro Atlanta. The southern end of Moreland Avenue is not a picturesque part of Atlanta. . . .

Atlanta's leveraging its strengths to develop its logistics business
May 7, 2004
Logistics is getting what you need when you need it anywhere in the world. It is about meeting consumer demand in the global marketplace, which requires physical connectivity and technology solutions. Metro Atlanta delivers accessibility . . .

ARC thinking inside the box
May 7, 2004
When the Atlanta Regional Commission assembled its new long-term transportation plan, it didn't only consider the needs of ordinary drivers and transit riders. For the first time, it also started weighing seriously how the region can . . .

Southeast U.S. is leader in number of
March 8, 2004
For the third year in a row, Savannah tops the list of U.S. cities that are a magnet for jobs in the logistics industry, followed by Nashville and Atlanta. Overall, the entire southeastern U.S. ranks very high when it comes to having . . .

Globalization Creates Logistics Jobs in U.S.
March 4, 2004
Most economists maintain that globalization benefits the U.S. as old-economy jobs that move abroad are replaced by better, higher-value jobs. Many Americans don't buy it.But contrary to popular belief, the U.S. is creating new high-paying . . .

Trucking firm to hire 400
January 13, 2004
Schneider National Inc., one of North America's largest trucking companies, is rolling into Georgia with 400 new jobs. The privately held company, based in Green Bay, Wis., plans to open an operations center next month on 25 acres off . . .

Metro Atlanta poised to become country's knowledge, innovation center for logistics
October 17, 2003
Metro Atlanta is poised to become the country's knowledge and innovation center for logistics. According to a recent study ("Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Atlanta-Columbus") conducted by the Council on Competitiveness based at Harvard . . .

New route for Tech
August 1, 2003
Georgia Tech is planning a new Transportation Research Center to study the impact of post-9/11 security measures on businesses that transport goods. Concentrating on Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, the Port of Savannah and Atlanta's . . .

Transporting business to Atlanta
May 9, 2003
Atlanta historically has been the transportation hub of the Southeast, and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce believes that's a key to the region's future economic growth as well. The Metro Atlanta Chamber is planning to form the Atlanta . . .