Dive Brief:
- A. Duie Pyle took back a 77-door trucking terminal it had previously leased to New Penn Motor Express in Queens, New York, the company announced last week.
- A. Duie Pyle paid a $49,190 fee to the subsidiary of bankrupt Yellow Corp. to terminate the lease as of April 30. The agreement required New Penn to remove assets including all rolling stock, 18 forklifts, office equipment and other remaining items, such as tires and dumpsters.
- “We’re one of the few carriers in the industry that services New York City direct, and this further strengthens our network,” said John Luciani, A. Duie Pyle’s COO of LTL Solutions, in the announcement.
Dive Insight:
The West Chester, Pennsylvania-based carrier plans to add a combined 225 terminal doors across its regional operation in its centennial year.
The Page Place facility in Maspeth, which A. Duie Pyle acquired from New Penn in 2009, is its second in New York City and includes an on-site maintenance shop. The campus is expected to employ 94 workers by the end of the year and expand to accommodate further growth.
The Queens terminal will provide more flexibility for customers by allowing A. Duie Pyle to offer earlier deliveries and later pickups in “the most significant and demanding consumer population in the U.S.,” according to the company.
The facility joins A. Duie Pyle’s network alongside its other New York City facility, in the Bronx. The privately-owned company’s Empire State expansion also includes a Rochester terminal, one of four it acquired at a busy Yellow Corp. bankruptcy auction for a combined $29.4 million.
“This strategic expansion into Queens allows us to significantly enhance our service offerings in the busiest region of the U.S. supply chain and maintain our commitment to providing first-rate solutions for our customers,” Luciani said.
The Queens site added 25 drivers, a dozen dockworkers and eight leaders, the company said in the announcement.
“By increasing our network capacity in the New York metropolitan area, we can not only better service our customers, but also fuel local economic growth by boosting job opportunities,” Luciani said.
