Sample Sidebar Module

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Sample Sidebar Module

This is a sample module published to the sidebar_bottom position, using the -sidebar module class suffix. There is also a sidebar_top position below the search.

Ryder opens logistics centre in London

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Ryder System Inc. has announced the opening of its new Logistics Operating Center (LOC) in London, Ontario, which will primarily serve the Eastern Canada region. The centre includes a 30,000 sq. ft. building with office and cross-docking space, as well as parking spaces for 286 trailers and 162 tractors. It is home to 210 drivers along with 55 Ryder employees. The new facility and yard provides additional services and capacity opportunities to Ryder’s existing and future customers.

The LOC, at 1205 Green Valley Road in London, provides cross-dock solutions, which enable goods to be distributed using little or no storage time. Inbound shipments from the US are received at the cross-dock, unloaded and sorted for final store delivery, and redeployed outbound in 24 hours or less. This enables retailer customers to reduce their transportation costs while also replenishing their stores more frequently to meet customer demand and fulfill ‘omni-channel’ or forward stocking on fast-moving items.

Ryder recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the site, where customers were invited to tour the facility and enjoy a BBQ lunch. The new LOC is open ‘24-7,’ and is strategically located between Detroit and Toronto, enabling Ryder to serve clients on both sides of the border. Ryder’s LOC will handle over 3,000 cross-border freight movements a month between the US, Canada, and Mexico.