Logistics Infrastructure Overview

Get Close to Your Customers Wherever They Are, and Whenever They Need You!

Our extensive Logistics Infrastructure enables us to provide you with the nationwide reach and capabilities that you need to achieve a local presence in virtually any market without making direct investments in your own infrastructure.

National logisitics company providing over 200 distribution centers, 70 forward stocking locations and 450 owned, co-located and agent partner logistics locations. With Over 450 Locations between our Agent Partners and directly owned facilities, 200 Distribution Centers and 70 Forward Stocking Locations; our clients can move materials from Anywhere in the US to Anywhere in the US, at Anytime; or establish close to customer stocking and re-supply services.

Our locations are strategically located to minimize costs and time to market. As a non asset based Logistics Group we can add centers as your geographical requirements change.

Our Distribution Centers have true warehouse capabilities:

Secure Access and Storage
Dock Height
Fork Lifts, Pallets and Racks
Climate Control

In addition we can provide Cold Storage Locations.

Our network of company owned offices, Agents, Distribution Centers and Forward Stocking Locations provides you one stop shopping for your Nationwide Logistics needs.

For more information and a no obligation consultation please Contact Us directly, or submit a Request for Consultation form.

3rd Party Logistics

The Arctic Research Support and Logistics (RSL) Program supports the field component of research projects funded through science programs in the Division of Arctic Sciences of OPP and through other programs at NSF. The RSL program also supports proposals that have benefits for the arctic research community. Examples of current awards are for the Arctic Logistics Contractor, VECO Polar Resources, base support of the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, Toolik Field Station, the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium, procurement and maintenance of instrumentation on the USCGC Healy and the development of a digital elevation model of the Kuparuk Watershed in northern Alaska.
Investigators should outline and justify field support in the context of their proposed work. We recommend briefly outlining the field plan and associated costs within the proposal and in the budget justification. Though costs should not be itemized in the budget spreadsheet, the primary means of accessing logistics support is by describing logistics needs in the proposal. Investigators are particularly encouraged to take advantage of the following support, which can be provided by logistics contractors funded by the Research Support and Logistics program:

increased access to transportation to and within the Arctic (ship time, helicopters, 4-wheelers, snow machines, small aircraft, etc.);
satellite-based global phone networks for increased safety;
trained field staff who are experienced in field and boat safety and first aid;
participation in offered safety courses;
increased interactions with local communities;
and improved equipment.

If a company is providing support, e.g., VECO Polar Resources or BASC (see below), those costs do not need to be included in the proposal budget, although the description of the required support should be included. The manager from the program supporting the research, in consultation with the manager of the RSL program, will determine the level of support that can be provided by RSL. In some cases, OPP may determine that several unrelated proposals can derive significant cost benefits from a centrally managed resource, e.g., helicopter support from a central location. If so, NSF's Arctic Support Contractor (VECO Polar Resources) or another entity will be responsible for coordinating the support with the principal investigators, consistent with the agreements between the investigators and their program managers. Work can also be proposed as a large coordinated activity, supported by the science team or a support contractor.
Investigators are encouraged to discuss their projects with the arctic contractors—VECO Polar Resources, BASC, or others (see below)—to get information on support options. VECO Polar Resources provides proposal preparation assistance for work anywhere in the Arctic. The scope of field work should be outlined in the proposal so NSF and logistics providers can plan for support needs.
Third Party Providers

VECO Polar Resources (VPR; http://www.vecopolar.com/) manages support at many Arctic sites, including use of military airlift; support to and within Greenland; and support in Arctic Alaska other than in Barrow and at Toolik Field Station. VECO Polar Resources will also provide third party logistics information and/or coordination with logistics providers from other nations, for example, Canada's Polar Continental Shelf Program if needed.
Barrow Arctic Science Consortium (BASC; http://www.arcticscience.org) supports work on Alaska's North Slope that is most effectively handled from Barrow and supports work in Chukotka, Russia.
Toolik Field Station(TFS; http://www.arcus.org/TFS/index.html) is operated by the Institute of Arctic Biology of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Reservations are required to stay at the field camp, so please contact TFS directly for arrangements.

The RSL program welcomes feedback on the performance of Arctic Logistics providers, and general input about Arctic Logistics in support of research.

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