Thank you to everyone who attended the 2023 Logistics Plus Holiday Party in Erie, PA, on January 20th! After a two-year hiatus, it was great to celebrate together once again. The annual Holiday Party is just a small way to show appreciation to our many dedicated employees, supportive partners, and excellent customers! To both our repeat and first-time attendees, we sincerely hope you enjoyed your evening with us. We wish you nothing but the best in 2023!
A Flickr slideshow of all the photographs taken at this year’s event is included below. We’d also like to give a special thanks to the following people who played a big part in making this year’s event a success:
Logistics Plus was represented at the annual Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA) open house in Erie, PA. The open house was a well-attended event held on January 13th at the MBA Conference Center. The event serves as an opportunity for individuals and business leaders in the region to learn about the great services and benefits included with an MBA membership. Attendees enjoyed specialty coffees, a gourmet breakfast, games, and prize giveaways.
As a proud partner of the MBA, Logistics Plus offers exclusive savings on world-class transportation and logistics management services to MBA members. Logistics Plus was represented at the event by Scott Frederick (CMO, LTL Carrier Relations), Ryan Markiewicz (Marketing Manager), Adam Mook (Compliance Manager), and Andy Seidler (Sales Manager).
Listen to comments from Ryan Markiewicz in the short audio clip below recorded by WPSE Radio.
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About the MBA The Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA), founded in 1905, is dedicated to helping employers face challenges by delivering services that lower the cost of doing business, ease the burden of compliance and increase productivity for its members. The MBA accomplishes this mission by providing exclusive, value-added services that can help businesses navigate ever-changing federal and state laws and can provide them with the training to take their workforce to the next level.
On Saturday, March 25th, Logistics Plus and Odin Marine will host a reception to kick off the 2023 International Petrochemical Conference. The reception will take place at La Vista Terrace in San Antonio, Texas. All conference attendees are welcome to join the Logistics Plus and Odian Marine teams at this happy hour.
Earlier this year, Logistics Plus announced a strategic partnership with the Odin Marine Group. This partnership allows the two groups to leverage each other’s competitive and cultural strengths and provide new ideas, opportunities, and supply chain solutions to our customers with greater flexibility and access to all modalities.
About the 2023 International Petrochemical Conference
IPC is one of the largest petrochemical events in the world, attracting more than 3,000 participants from 525 companies in 55 different countries. In addition to private meeting spaces and networking events, attendees will hear from industry leaders on key political, economic, and environmental issues facing the petrochemical industry.
Logistics Plus India was well-represented at the 2022 Project Cargo Network Summit. Sundreysh Sarup (Managing Director) and Dhanraj Naidu (Manager – Project Logistics) attended the three-day summit which was held from November 27-29 at the Radisson Blue Hotel in Dubai Deira Creek. Over 185 CEO’s and Senior Managers from more than 95 countries attended the 11th annual event.
The Project Cargo Network (PCN) celebrated their 12-year history alongside members both new and old. After a challenging two years with no summit, members were finally able to catch back up with everyone in person. The official meeting was opened by CEO/President Rachel Crawford who welcomed everyone to the summit.
About Project Cargo Network
With its head office based in the UK, Project Cargo Network is an ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management) certified organization established in August 2010. The network provides heavy lift and project cargo specialists access to a trusted, worldwide network of agents who can handle their shipments while working professionally and safely under strict membership rules. The Project Cargo Network offers project cargo management for engineering, procurement, and construction companies servicing the energy, mining, chemical, petrochemical, pipeline, infrastructure, and other sectors.
The Logistics Plus India Project Division has the ability to handle any complex transport logistics. Whether the cargo is shipped as Break Bulk, RoRo, Heavy Lift, or Out of Gauge, our team will properly plan and coordinate throughout the entire logistics and shipping process.
As the racing season ended in Germany, Logistics Plus Global Director of Sales (Marine & Motorsport Logistics) Jennifer Elstone took a moment to reflect on a recent benefit event she attended. As you may have heard, the Arhtal floods in July 2021 were a terrible tragedy that killed more than 220 people in Europe. The floods affected hundreds of people in Germany and Belgium, along with creating extensive damage in the Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland.
After the VLN race finished at Nurburgring this year, Jennifer was invited to attend the Arhtal floods benefit to honor those who lost their lives and to mark the ongoing redevelopment that is still happening in the region. This benefit was organized by The Heizer Monkeys (friends of Jennifer), EiFelkind Racing, and Opel Motorsport in the Adenau town center. Logistics Plus was happy to donate $1,000 to this great cause.
Jennifer said, “Logistics Plus is happy to be involved and contribute to this cause. Many thanks to The Heizer Monkeys and everyone who helped arrange this benefit to support people affected by this tragedy.”
The Heizer Monkeys band manager shared the below message about the benefit and what it means to the band:
The Heizer Monkeys are an international rock band, but their life in motorsport means they have always loved the famous Nurburgring race track in Germany. They have a deep connection with the Eifel and Ahrtal region. Seeing the media coverage of the devastating and tragic floods around the river Ahr of 2021 led lead singer Joey to go out to the Ahrtal region to volunteer. After a day digging ditches with the army, Joey was asked to go from rest station to rest station and give dozens of short solo concerts over several days to firefighters, soldiers, medics, civil guard workers, and volunteers, exhausted from their ceaseless work in the disaster zone. Joey, of course also when asked also performed for residents who had been going through the trauma of trying to rebuild their own homes.
When he returned home to the UK after some weeks, still holding a heavy sense of what he had seen and felt, he wrote down what he saw – the story of the shock, the anger, the sadness but also the compassion, hope, and solidarity – people coming from around Germany and even further to help strangers. He read the phrase You Ahr Not Alone in a WhatsApp helpers’ group, and he couldn’t shake it from his mind. You AHR Not Alone became the title of the song. With the help of Depeche Mode drummer and producer Christian Eigner, The Heizer Monkeys went to work to record it. And so an anthem of hope for the Ahrtal was born.
Over a year later in November 2022, The Heizer Monkeys returned to the region to perform a benefit concert for the Ahrtal close to their beloved Nurburgring. The event was advertised by regional community leaders Markus Wipperfurth and Azubi Wilhelm Hartmann, as well as representatives of the different major local charity organizations, including the Spenden Shuttle charity, which distributes donations from around the world where they are most needed. People came to the concert from all over the region and from the world of motorsport to show support, even from Eifelkind, the local race team which fundraises for good local causes in the Nurburgring race paddock.
The band closed out this emotional evening with an extended version of You AHR Not Alone. The crowd lit candles to remember the dead but also sang the words to the song along with the band, giving it a new meaning – please do not forget us.
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2023 Logistics Plus Holiday Party in Erie, PA, on January 20th! After a two-year hiatus, it was great to celebrate together once again. The annual Holiday Party is just a small way to show appreciation to our many dedicated employees, supportive partners, and excellent customers! To both our repeat and first-time attendees, we sincerely hope you enjoyed your evening with us. We wish you nothing but the best in 2023!
Logistics Plus was represented at the annual 
