Haier to Use Port of Savannah Facility to Serve Southeast U.S.

Haier America will build a logistics hub for the southeast U.S. near the Port of Savannah, port officials said. Larry Monaghan, Haier senior vice president-administration, cited "the already approved work on deepening the Savannah port and the opening of the new Panama Canal." The company also cited the flexibility due to the number of shipping services calling on Savannah. Monaghan said Haier will move an annual volume of 4,500 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) through Savannah. The appliance maker chose third-party logistics provider Kenco to run the Black Creek warehouse operation.