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8 The Journal of Commerce | May 23 2022 www.joc.com PHILADELPHA TRADE & LOGISTICS HEADQUARTERED IN PHILADELPHIA, 721 Logistics is a full service, family owned customs broker, freight forwarder, and global logistics provider committed to providing its employees with a cultural environment that is personally and professionally rewarding, taking care of clients as if they are second to none, while also embracing the role and responsibility of a good corporate citizen. Founded in 2012 by experienced logistics executives with over 50 years of combined industry experience, the company has become one of the fastest- growing businesses in the port. Always striving to exceed client expectations, 721 Logistics embraces its role as a valued partner and true extension of the client's organization, taking the time to understand its client's unique product and service requirements, making sure the smallest detail of every shipment is treated as if it's the most important detail, and caring for every shipment as if it's the company's own. Because importing into the USA is a right, not a privilege, 721 Logistics understands the importance of regulatory compliance and emphasizes such with US Customs and Border Protection and other government agencies in order to keep merchandise moving through the supply chain. Large enough to handle any size importer, shipper, or consignee, 721 Logistics has the characteristics of a smaller and more nimble organization. These qualities shine through in 721's ability to leverage technology within its strategic global network footprint to deliver a service offering far greater than any larger forwarder — global solutions delivered personally, professionally, and representative of the way clients expect their brands to be recognized. From origin to destination, and points in between, 721 Logistics is an organization that works "goal time," not "clock time," always keeping the axiom "Your cargo is our cargo," in whatever solution it is asked to provide. Global solutions, personally delivered "The on-dock inspection building ensures cargo never has to leave the port. Thisexpedites theinspection processand keeps the product intact," Holt said. "It was designed side by side with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to make sure the process is most productive for CBP, the port, customers, and the commodities." Pennsylvania's second tranche of port investment funds, at $246 million, is just the investment needed to create even more jobs while increasing terminal capacity and speed- to-market for a variety of goods, according to Holt.The new capital projects will continue the port's modernization efforts and improve regional economic stability, he said. The PhilaPort Distribution Center, also operated by Holt Logistics, is a 200,000-square- foot, class A, dry food-grade warehouse located within 1 mile of PAMT. Scheduled to be completed in June,"it fills a much-needed void for additional near-dock warehouse space and will not only help attract new services and businesses for the port, but will also create more jobs for the port community," Holt said. It will allow the Holt organization to move containers off the terminal, rapidly unload, and return them directly to the marine terminal — or move them inland to be loaded with exports — further expanding opportunities for local and regional commerce. "The investments of the public-private partnership between Holt Logistics, Greenwich Terminals, PhilaPort, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have put Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in a position to scale and PhilaPort The PhilaPort Distribution Center will provide 200,000 square feet of much-needed near-dock warehouse space. SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT