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Published on: 7/1/2008
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Alfred Iannelli, Executive Vice President of H&M, explained that third-party logistics provider CH Robinson arranges the shipment of the product, "from field to field."That includes using steamship lines such as Hamburg Sud, which calls at the PRPA's Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, and CSAV, which serves the Tioga Marine Terminal.
H&M handles the drayage (trucking) of the product from the marine terminals to its distribution center in Philadelphia's Port Richmond neighborhood.There, it unpacks the ocean containers, temporarily stores the product, and ultimately loads the large burlap sacks of seed onto domestic trucks for shipment to farmers in the corn belt.
"We've been transloading these seeds for 10 years now, and we've developed a real expertise in this area, which CH Robinson has come to depend on," says Iannelli.
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"We'll move several hundred containers of soybeans," said Iannelli, "with most of that product coming from Argentina and Chile."