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Zenith Global Logistics Opens Regional Freight Hub in Mississippi
Tuesday, November 03, 2009

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Zenith Global Logistics announced that it will open a regional freight hub in Tupelo, Mississippi on November 1, bringing its network of facilities to five throughout the United States.

“Increased demand in the Mississippi and Alabama markets and surrounding area led us to make this decision,” explains Jack Hawn, President and CEO. “Our new Tupelo hub will be handling pickups and deliveries, and then moving freight throughout the rest of Zenith Global’s domestic and international network.”

In August Zenith Global announced it was expanding its East Coast warehousing and distribution capacity with the addition of a new 204,000-sq.-ft., multi-tenant warehouse in Claremont, NC. The new facility services customers facing fluctuating storage capacity needs due to changing economic conditions. Zenith Global Logistics also recently announced its selection of Exel Direct as its preferred home delivery provider for 48 contiguous U.S. states.

Zenith Global Logistics is a total supply chain logistics provider specializing in international and domestic home furnishings warehousing, overseas transportation and domestic distribution, covering all of North America and the Caribbean. Zenith currently operates more than 4.5 million square feet of warehouse domestically, including facilities in Southern California, Dallas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia. Future warehousing expansions include additional facilities in Seattle, Chicago, Orlando and Elizabethtown, N.J.

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