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Dimerco, a world-leading logistics and freight transportation company, has expanded its US freight forwarding network to Phoenix with the completion of its investment in Phoenix-based BC Logistics.

The new joint venture, is the latest in Dimerco’s continuing expansion of its US freight forwarding network, which now includes 19 offices in major markets, coast to coast. Globally, Dimerco has 166 company-owned forwarding offices in 17 countries, supplemented by 200 partner agents and 80+ contract logistics operations. 

Founded in 2001, BC Logistics has provided global and domestic transportation services for companies in the semiconductor, power/energy, healthcare, and other industries requiring time-critical, service sensitive shipments. The new joint venture will supplement BC Logistics’ superb local market knowledge and transportation expertise with Dimerco’s global capabilities to provide customers with worldwide logistics solutions from a single source.

Arizona has become a very important logistics hub as its population and business base has grown. Phoenix is now the fifth-largest city in the U.S and Arizona has become an epicenter for technology manufacturing in the Southwest, with corporations attracted by the state’s business-friendly tax structure, knowledge-based workforce, and favorable weather. BC Logistics will capitalize on this growth to expand business across a wide range of services, including air & ocean freight, domestic air & ground, logistics planning, warehousing, crating & package, asset recovery/white glove services, and time-definite courier service.

About Dimerco

Founded in Taipei in 1971, Dimerco is a global third-party logistics company (3PL) that integrates air and ocean freight, trade compliance and contract logistics services to make global supply chains more effective and efficient. The company is strategically focused on global shipping projects that connect Asia’s logistics and manufacturing hubs with each other and with North America and Europe. Dimerco connects Asia with the world like no other global 3PL.

About BC Logistics

Founded in 2001 by Vicki Boisjolie and Jeff Carlson, BC Logistics is an asset-based global transportation provider that provides individualized transportation and storage solutions to customers, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The company is a woman-owned business and a member of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council.

Dimerco, a global logistics specialist with an Asia Pacific focus, has completed a complex project to ship 200+ tons of printed circuit board (PCB) equipment from Stuttgart, Germany to Jiangsu Province, China with ITG Air & Sea GmbH, its joint venture company. The size and sensitivity of the oversized PCB equipment required Dimerco to oversee customized packing and fastening for freighter loading, and identify scheduled flights able to accommodate the cargo. 

A spokesperson for Dimerco explained, “Most airlines are not able to handle this size of cargo, with pieces ranging from 3 to 9 meters in either length, width or height. Because scheduled flights have been limited due to the global pandemic, these challenges might have led other transportation providers to opt for more costly chartered flights. Dimerco leveraged its long-term strategic partnerships with selected airlines to provide the most cost-effective solution, securing space on four scheduled freighters from Luxembourg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport.” 

Dimerco shipping experts requested technical drawings from the customer to ensure the cargo would fit into the freighter at the customer’s warehouse. They then followed through with the airlines to book the first available flights once the cargo was packed and ready to go. 

Dimerco coordinated loading of the cargo onto a truck at the PVG airport.

The oversized freight also required advance arrangements for local compliance at destination, including an application for large cargo unloading at the airport warehouse. Dimerco also arranged a crane to reduce risk during cargo movement and accelerate final leg delivery to the customer.  

According to Dimerco’s spokesperson, the company won this global bid against other major freight forwarders based on the customer’s previous experience with Dimerco. He concluded: 

“Dimerco has worked with this customer since 2020. We are recognized for our timely status updates and quick response to special requirements. Once again, we have demonstrated our ability to handle oversized equipment, with a safe, seamless and cost-effective solution.”