Looking for East Coast Distribution? NC Ranked Best for Business by Forbes
North Carolina was just named Forbes’s 2017 Best State for Business in its annual ranking of all 50 states. For us North Carolinians, this further reinforces our strong belief in the capabilities of the Tar Heel State when it comes…
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Carolina Rail and Ports Update
If you’re interested in the logistics industry within North Carolina, there is certainly a lot to take in. It seems like every few weeks there is some new piece of big news, whether it’s the announcement of a new infrastructure…
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Rail to Truck Transloading 101
Once thought to be a thing of the past, our nation’s trusty old form of transportation – rail – is now an ever-growing part of its future. This is great from a logistics, infrastructure, and business standpoint since rail is…
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Kanban Adds Flatbed Truck to its Local Fleet to Haul Oversized Cargo
Meet Henry, Kanban’s new 48-foot flatbed truck and trailer combo who’s ready to take you on exciting new adventures! Well, okay, we haven’t named the truck (yet?), and it probably won’t star in a children’s adventure show, but we are…
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Capacity and (Lack of) Congestion: North Carolina Ports at a Glance
In our last blog post, we talked (okay, maybe we bragged a little) about the continued logistics infrastructure improvements to the State of North Carolina. We continue to be more than a little excited about these enhancements and their ramifications…
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North Carolina’s Present and Future as an East Coast Logistics Powerhouse
We are excited about the many infrastructure improvements being made to the region, as well as the state, to improve NC’s role in East Coast logistics.
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Increased Rail Activity at Kanban’s Rocky Mount Transload Facility
Now is a great time to reconsider rail as part of your supply chain – especially in eastern North Carolina. And, when you do, know that our Rocky Mount transload operation can handle anything and everything you can give it.
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Q&A with Kanban’s New COO Scott Freeman
Scott Freeman recently joined Kanban Logistics as Chief Operation Officer (COO). Scott comes to Kanban after three decades in operations with MBM (now McLane Company), a major food industry supply chain company that handles distribution of food-related products to chain…
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Kanban Expands North Carolina Warehouse Footprint
Business expansion has led Kanban to add a 6th location to our Eastern North Carolina warehouse campus. Kanban warehouse #6 is located in Tarboro, very close to our headquarters campus.
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