From Logistics Management

NORTHBOROUGH, Mass.-Less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and integrated transportation services provider A. Duie Pyle announced it has opened a new service center in Northborough, Mass.

Peter Latta, A. Duie Pyle chairman and owner, said in a statement that the company's decision to build this center was due to a need for extended capabilities at a location where service growth could be accommodated-as well as maintaining and enhancing customer service.

"Building a new facility provided opportunities to create an infrastructure to better serve our customers," Latta said. "The Northborough location brings us closer to our markets, and it is ideally suited for easy access to U.S. Route 495 and the Massachusetts Turnpike."

The company added that the new service center is comprised of 121 doors for loading and unloading trailers, with room for an additional expansion up to 165 doors. It also has a separate building for truck and trailer maintenance and an automatic drive-though truckwash.

And ceiling heights at the center are 21 feet, compared to the more common 14 feet ceilings in an effort to accommodate racking systems for shipment storage. A. Duie Pyle Terminal Manager Michael Zaccaria said that this move will enable to the company to safely store customer's freight for short periods to better handle customers working with Just-In-Time inventory systems.

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