9-19-11
The Raritan Central welcomes our new General Manager Trevor Hengehold

The Raritan Central is pleased to introduce our new General Manager, Trevor Hengehold. Trevor, a graduate of Western Michigan University’s Haworth College of Business, is a United States Marine who brings to our operation extensive experience in logistics and management. From 2007 to 2010 he served in a variety of logistics positions for the Marine Corps, including Battalion Logistics Officer, managing over 40 buildings, providing HAZMAT?oversight and inspections, coordinating transportation and equipment maintenance and much more. His reputation for accountability and meeting customers’ needs in a dynamic, fast-paced, and stressful environment was recognized by his superiors with achievement and commendation medals. Trevor is also a record-holding long-range marksman, representing our country in national and international competitions. We look forward to the energy, skills, and experience that Trevor will bring to our operations in Raritan Center.

8-28-11
Chambersburg: Your ideal transloading and front staging location

Pennsylvania has become a new focal point in the search for energy solutions for the country with the large-scale development of natural gas and biofuels industries. The Pennsylvania and Southern can help you better connect to this important market by providing strategically-located transload, front staging, and short-term storage solutions for liquid, bulk, and construction materials. Our operations in the Cumberland Valley Business Park offer over 700 carspots, hundreds of acres of transload and lay-down space, and convenient highway access to Interstates 81, 70, and 76. Whether it is frak sand, pipes, biodiesel, or other petroleum products, we can handle all sizes of shipments from single carloads to unit trains quickly and efficently. Our connection to CSX gives you the ability to reach the entire North American marketplace.

8-15-11
US Foodservice Acquires Vesuvio Foods

Vesuvio Foods, our long-time customer at 141 Fieldcrest Avenue in Raritan Center, has been acquired by US Foodservice, a company with over 60 locations and 250,000 customers nationwide. Vesuvio was a leading source of Italian foods for the metropolitan New York market. The deal allows US Foodservice’s customers to enjoy a larger selection of Italian specialty foods, while allowing Vesuvio’s former customers access to the over 350,000 national brand products carried by US Foodservice. We look forward to continuing to provide US Foodservice with quality rail logistics services from our strategic Raritan Center location.

8-5-11
Canned Goods Transload

Canned goods shippers looking for a modern, reliable, and convenient location from which to access the Northeast can now take advantage of our new canned goods transload in the Raritan Center Business Park in Edison. The facility can handle boxed and palleted shipments of any size. We offer daily switching and access to a complete list of logistics services including packaging, warehousing, import/export, and distribution through our 3PL partners. Call us for more information on how we can improve your supply chain and bring you closer to your end users.

3-22-11
Multimodal Connections: Rail, sea, and road all come together in Raritan Center

After many years of planning, Raritan Center has accepted the first carloads of traffic destined for transload onto barge at the Edison waterfront. The new business consists of pilings and pipes which previously moved by truck from the Midwest. The pilings are now shipped from the manufacturer to Raritan Center, resulting in a significant savings. Shipments are transloaded using a payloader forklift and a crane, which loads them onto barges for delivery to the New York City area only 20 miles up the coast.

With the addition of this valuable shipping option we now offer customers complete multimodal capabilities: rail to truck, rail to barge, and truck to barge. All of these options are enhanced by on-site features such as lay-down areas, storage-in-transit, on-demand switching, and heavy lift vehicles.

3-1-11
We're on a roll! Paper handler Belsun joins us in Raritan Center

As we continue to grow our paper handling services we are pleased to announce the addition of another new member of our Raritan Center group of 3PL providers: the Indian paper export company Belsun Corp. Belsun specializes in the import/export and crossdock handling of all grades and sizes of rolled paper. Their new crossdock facility at 68 Northfield Ave. can handle rail, truck, and container shipments. The Raritan Central supports Belsun with daily switching and extensive carspots that can help them accept both time-sensitive and large shipments. Give us a call to find out more about their capabilities.