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Dive Brief:
- A. Duie Pyle took back a 77-door truck terminal; previously leased to New Penn Motor Express in Queens, New York, the company announced last week.
- A. Duie Pyle paid a fee of $49,190 in the subsidiary of the bankrupt Yellow Corp. to end the lease on April 30. The agreement required New Penn to remove assets, including all rolling stock, 18 forklifts, office equipment and other remaining items such as tires and trash cans.
- “We are one of the few carriers in the industry to serve New York City directly, and this further strengthens our network,” said John Luciani, COO of A. Duie Pyle LTL Solutions, in the announcement.
Dive Insight:
The West Chester, Pennsylvania-based carrier plans to add a combined 225 terminal doors across its regional operation by its centennial.
The Page Place facility in Maspeth, which A. Duie Pyle acquired by New Penn in 2009, is the second in New York and includes an on-site maintenance shop. The campus is expected to employ 94 workers by the end of the year and expand to accommodate further growth.
The Queens terminal will offer greater flexibility to customers, allowing A. Duie Pyle to offer earlier deliveries and later pickups to the “most important and discerning consumer population in the US,” according to the company.
The facility joins A. Duie Pyle’s network with its other New York facilities in the Bronx. The privately held company’s Empire State expansion also includes a terminal in Rochester, one of four it acquired in a crowded Yellow Corp. bankruptcy auction. versus $29.4 million.
“This strategic expansion in Queens allows us to significantly enhance our service offerings in the busiest region of the US supply chain and maintain our commitment to providing first-class solutions for our customers,” said Luciani.
The Queens location added 25 drivers, twelve dock workers and eight leaders, the company said in the release.
“By increasing our network capacity in the New York metropolitan area, we can not only better serve our customers, but also fuel local economic growth by enhancing job opportunities,” said Luciani.