Service Announcements: CMA CGM, Kuehne + Nagle, Southeastern Freight and CenterPoint

CMA CGM opens new agencies in Turkey and Guatemala, SR Technics extends partnership with Kuehne + Nagel in Middle East, Southeastern Freight Lines expands in Kentucky and Ohio and CenterPoint Properties purchases 167-acre facility in Illinois.    French ocean carrier CMA CGM has opened two new agencies in four cities.
   The company started “CMA CGM South Turkey Gemi Acenteligi A.S.” in Mersin, Iskenderun and Antalya, Turkey in partnership with Boutros & Levante Shipping and Trading Co., and another office in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

   SR Technics, an independent provider of technical services for the civil aviation sector, has expanded its partnership with Kuehne + Nagel in the Middle East. Kuehne + Nagel provides SR Technics customers with warehousing, spare parts logistics and distribution services in what it referred to as a “rapidly expanding” aerospace industry in the Middle East.
   Together, the companies offer a  regional distribution center (RDC) service in Dubai that includes global logistics management for serviceable and unserviceable aircraft parts, parts inspection, warehouse storage, brokerage, inventory control and a range of other supply chain services. According to SR Technics, the RDC currently handles 65,000 transactions annually and the company “plans to almost double the transactions to 120,000 over the next five years.”

   Southeastern Freight Lines will open four new service centers in Lexington, Louisville and Bowling Green, Ky., as well as Cincinnati, Ohio. Scheduled to begin operations March 2, the new facilities will employ more than 40 associates, from service center managers to pick-up and delivery drivers, and feature a total of 134 dock doors.
   The regional less-than-truckload (LTL) provider said in a statement the expansion was “in response to a growing customer service need,” adding, “The new service centers will maximize delivery performance and minimize travel time between service centers and Southeastern customers.”
   “Expanding into Kentucky is a natural extension of Southeastern’s footprint,” said Mike Heaton, senior vice president of sales and marketing. “After just recently celebrating 2014 revenue of $1 billion, the expansion comes at a natural time of growth for the company.”

   CenterPoint Properties has acquired a 167-acre rail-served transload, packaging and distribution site in Morris, Ill., along with the former operating owner Gemini Acres. The property has two buildings totaling 328,500 square feet, a dry distiller’s grain transload operation, 450 railcar storage spots and 80 acres of expansion land. Additionally, the property has direct access to Canadian National and connections to the BNSF, Union Pacific and CSX rail lines. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.