General Freight Services Expands with Jacksonville, FL Office; Names Douglass Director.ATLANTA -- General Freight Services, Inc. has announced it has expanded its U.S. market presence with an office in Jacksonville, Florida “Jacksonville” redirects here. For other uses, see Jacksonville (disambiguation). Jacksonville is the largest city in the state of Florida and the county seat of Duval County. . John "Kip" Douglass will serve as Director. Douglass formerly served as Director of General Commodities with Stonier Transportation, a Vexure Company, most recently acquired by NYK NYK New York Knicks NYK Nippon Yusen Kaisha (shipping company) NYK Not Yet Known . In addition, General Freight Services has added Account Managers Chris Douglass and Shane Horvath to its Jacksonville roster. Kip Douglass has significant industry experience in third-party logistics A third-party logistics provider (abbreviated 3PL) is a firm that provides outsourced or "third party" logistics services to companies for part, or sometimes all of their supply chain management function. operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. leading a team of 32 employees in his prior role. Chris Douglass and Horvath enhance the team with expertise in both intermodal and highway services respectively. "Jacksonville is a strategic market for General Freight Services aligning with our aggressive national expansion plans. Jacksonville, a thriving logistics community, acts as a gateway to Florida with growing port activity," said Greg Sebolt, Executive Vice President, General Freight Services, Inc. "Kip Douglass, Director for our Jacksonville office, provides proven industry experience and exceptional leadership. Kip will lead a team of logistics professionals providing highway, intermodal and expedited transportation services." General Freight Services' Jacksonville office is located at 10151 Deerwood Park Boulevard, Building 300, Suite 240, Jacksonville, Florida, 32256, phone: 904.641.5155. About General Freight Services, Inc. General Freight is a third-party logistics company (3PL) where one call gives you instant access to its 8,000 member network of over the road carriers, nationwide class 1 railroads and a mix of multi-mode transportation solutions serving Canada, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Mexico. General Freight also provides International Logistics Services including import/export, custom clearance and freight forwarding. General Freight is a member in good standing with the Intermodal Association of America (IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, www.iana.org) An operating unit of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) that serves as a registry for both IP addresses and for a variety of protocol numbers. IANA is not an ISP and does not provide any network services. ) and Transportation Intermediary Association's (TIA (1) (Telecommunications Industry Association, Arlington, VA, www.tiaonline.org) A membership organization founded in 1988 that sets telecommunications standards worldwide. It was originally an EIA working group that was spun off and merged with the U.S. ) P3 Program. The P3 designation indicates participation in the 'best practices' program for transportation services providers and adherence to strict business standards. The National Association of Small Trucking Companies (NASTC NASTC National Association of Small Trucking Companies NASTC North American Steel Trade Committee NASTC National Aerospace Systems and Technology Conference ) named General Freight to its Best Broker list for 2005. The Atlanta Business Chronicle named General Freight Services in its 2006 Pacesetters list of Atlanta's Top 50 Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The company maintains offices in Atlanta, Jacksonville, FL, Portland and Seattle. For more information, visit www.gfreight.com. |
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