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WAREHOUSE & DISTRIBUTION
1.8 million square feet
Alec Hajimihalis, Co-Owner
of Ace Logistics with his brother
Gus Hajimihalis, said the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) and Ports America Chesapeake have been effective, strategic partners.
“The Port of Baltimore marketing team and support staff are very competent and diligent in their follow-up,”
Alec Hajimihalis said. “Ports America has assembled an effective management team that is responsive to our needs.”
In recent years, Ace Logistics has developed several innovations with its warehousing, storage and distribution services. For example, the company added extensive lot code tracking and managed to diversify the portfolio of products/commodities that it handled. Ace Logistics also obtained Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) designation and added outside FTZ storage.
Ace Logistics plans to double its footprint by the end of 2018 with two additional buildings on nearby Haven Street and Holabird Avenue.
BELTS LOGISTICS SERVICES has been working around the Port since 1845 and has taken advantage of the strategic location. Products coming through the Port can reach one-third of the U.S. population and two-thirds
of the U.S. economy overnight.
“Maryland’s
world-class port
facilities and
superior highway
infrastructure make
our facilities the
shortest and quickest
route into the
nation’s heartland,”
said Larry Smith,
Belts’ Vice President
for Business
Development. “The Baltimore/ Washington area is the nation’s second wealthiest and fourth largest consumer market. Against this backdrop, Belts Logistics has two major distribution facilities less than two miles from
the Port.
“Our proximity to the Port allows
us to get more container turns per day
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MTC Logistics, which has been operating temperature-controlled distribution centers around the Port for almost 100 years, sees potential for more growth.