I attended the 13th Annual Summit of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) that took place at Azia Resort & Spa in Paphos, Cyprus from October 6th-8th. 145 people from 70 countries attended the meeting. A special thanks to Rachel, Sam, and the Team in London for organizing an excellent meeting. Team Building on Monday afternoon was a great new activity during the meeting. Our One to One meetings were very productive. Our meetings on Monday got underway with our CEO Rachel Crawford opening the conference meetings with an update on the network and then handing out the awards from the survey that was sent to all the members. Thunderbolt Global Logistics was given the Regional Award for The Americas for a second year in a row. We are truly grateful that our peers in the network feel that we are worthy of such an honor. This award is for our Team in Baltimore that always does their best for our PCN partners. It's been a difficult year with the Key Bridge collapse but that didn't stop us from providing a high level of service. Congratulations to the members that won for their regions and the network member of the year. Nicely done! As I've said before we are in a people business. Technology does a lot to help us perform our daily tasks but at the end of the day it's all about the relationships we have developed over the years. We value them dearly and will do our outmost to help our partners around the world. Looking forward to seeing everyone in either Argentina, Monaco or Vietnam next year. Our vote is for Argentina!
Thunderbolt Global Logistics, LLC
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Baltimore, MD 643 followers
Delivering excellence every time
About us
Thunderbolt Global Logistics is a leading international freight forwarder/NVOCC and customs broker based in Baltimore, Maryland. We have an experienced staff that can navigate the complex world of international and domestic shipping. We arrange shipments of general cargo and oversize machinery to/from any USA origin to/from any worldwide destination. We utilize flat racks, mafi’s and breakbulk vessels when necessary for out of gauge shipments. We have strong relationships with the major ocean carriers. Our domestic carriers are well equipped to handle multiple axle shipments to/from anywhere in the USA. We have a strong nationwide network of container carriers and less than truckload (LTL) carriers. We have warehouses at all major seaports and inland locations that can load/unload containerized cargo and provide short or long term storage. Trans loading is strong area for us. We can break down cargo in ocean containers and deliver the shipment to single and multiple destinations. All of our warehouses can load cargo on flat racks to NCB specifications. We have export service contracts with multiple ocean carriers that provide us with global coverage. We also have relationships with many of the breakbulk and project cargo carriers. We have LCL agreements with all major ocean consolidators in the USA providing global LCL coverage. We work with a leading USA based air freight forwarder who takes care of all of our export air shipments for our clients and agents. We can offer domestic air service when necessary for time critical shipments. One of key strengths is our worldwide network of agents. We have worked with many of these agents for a long time and have very strong relationships with them both professionally and personally. We are members of 3 project cargo networks and 1 general cargo network. Our agents are country specific experts in their particular market. We have agents in nearly every country around the world.
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- Industry
- Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Baltimore, MD
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2007
- Specialties
- Import Services, Export Services, Project / Out-of-Guage Cargo, Global Logistics, transportation, ocean transportation, air transportation, domestic transportation, letters of credit, and insurance
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1501 St. Paul Street
Suite 127
Baltimore, MD 21202, US
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Great time at Breakbulk Europe in Rotterdam. Very grateful to John, Matt and Sam from TransAmerican Trucking for letting me hang at their stand. Great to see friends and partners from around the world. I was glad to tell everyone that The Port of Baltimore is open for business. Send your OOG/Project cargo to Baltimore. #Breakbulk Europe #Project cargo #Port of Baltimore
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We woke up Tuesday morning to the unthinkable. The Francis Scott Key Bridge that spans the Patapsco River collapsed overnight Monday after being struck by the vessel Dalia chartered by Maersk Line. I'm sure most of you have seen the video of ship hitting the bridge support. It's a terrible accident that took the lives of 6 workers that were on the bridge at the time the ship struck the bridge. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the people that were on the bridge at the time of the accident. Thankfully a Mayday call went out and Maryland DOT was able to stop cars from going over the bridge before ship hit it. They are heroes for acting so fast. The Port of Baltimore is closed to marine traffic for an indefinite period. The shipping channel is completely blocked. The marine terminals are currently open on the land side and trucks are being processed in and out of the terminal. No export cargo is being received. We are monitoring the situation closely. Shipments on the water will be diverted by the steamship lines. We anticipate that New York, Philadelphia, and Norfolk will be the ports where most Baltimore destined container cargo will go. The ocean carriers will make the final decision on where they will discharge Baltimore destined containers. Force Majeure is being declared by the carriers to divert the ships to other ports. All export shipments will be rerouted and will utilize the closest option possible to save inland costs. Our Team is going to be working hard to take care of all shipments that were destined to or shipping from Baltimore. We know what we need to do The Port of Baltimore community is a close knit group and everyone is going to do what they can to help each other. We appreciate all the messages of support we have received from all over the world. Reach out to us with any questions or concerns. Jim Shapiro