Terminal Optimization Success: Enhancing Competitiveness and Profitability in North America
A leading private equity firm in the industrial sector was looking to understand the competitive landscape of terminal operations to optimize its investments. Focusing on several key terminals across key regions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the firm sought to analyze the competitiveness and sustainability of storage revenues,...
Battery Electric Locomotive Conversion: Innovative Solution for Sustainable Heavy Haul Operations
A leading global mining company sought to decarbonize its rail operations. They aimed to develop a Battery Electric Locomotive (BEL) program to utilize power recovered from dynamic (regenerative) braking on downhill-loaded trains to return empty trains to their origin under battery power. This ambitious project required help sourcing the needed...
Rail Renewal Triumph: Navigating Turbulent Markets to Secure Savings and Growth
A leader in paper, liner board, and paperboard recycling, with four rail-served production plants in Canada and 80+ destinations throughout North America, was seeking experienced rail commercial market expertise to help them maximize the outcome of their master rail contract renewals. With a tumultuous transportation market and railroads signaling significant...
Unlocking Opportunities: Maximizing Rail’s Potential for Land Developers and Communities
The Client, a leading Canadian-based land developer, sought a site-specific evaluation for rail development, strategic planning, and project support for a greenfield rail-served industrial site in Calgary, Canada. The challenge was to evaluate the rail value for the site through a commodity and location analysis to help identify beneficial rail...
PLG delivers over $40M in ocean freight sourcing savings for a global consumer packaged goods manufacturer
Our Client, a large global CPG manufacturer, faced a significant challenge as they lacked the internal resources and capabilities to conduct their own sourcing efforts. With a project involving the preparation, hosting, and analysis of a global ocean freight event totaling over $60 million in spend, they recognized the importance...
A leading petrochemical service provider invests in sustainable plastic resins
Our Client, a leading provider of in-plant services for the petrochemical industry, sought PLG's expert advice in evaluating opportunities to collect and upgrade plastic scrap. By entering the plastic scrap market, the company could leverage its expertise, workforce, and customer relationships with resin producers while it entered a sustainable market....
Revolutionizing Rail Safety and Efficiency: How a leading chemical manufacturer transformed operations through procedural revisions and employee training standardization
Imagine a colossal coastal chemical company that has been dominating the market for the past three decades, experiencing tremendous growth. As the company expanded, it constructed its own internal railroad network to facilitate the delivery of raw materials and finished products to its customers. With an unyielding commitment to the...
A world-leading chemical producer supplying products to large industrial customers improves competitiveness via comprehensive rail freight negotiation strategy
The Client, a world-leading chemical producer supplying products to large industrial customers, owns a major producing facility that is captive to a single railroad. The challenge was to develop and execute a rail freight negotiations strategy that would enable the Client to supply their market in a competitive manner while delivering top quartile...
Leading US industrial operating services organization invests in comprehensive renewable fuels market analysis to identify growth opportunities
The Client, a leading US-based operating company for the refining, petrochemical, terminal, and marine transportation industries has a proven plant services business in conventional fossil fuels and chemicals. Recent changes in renew able energy types, feedstocks, and processes compelled the Client management to explore and understand the changing renewables landscape....
North American leader in paper and paperboard recycling optimizes rail logistics via business strategy in volatile market
A leader in paper and paperboard recycling, with production plants in Canada and 80+ destinations throughout North America, was looking for rail commercial market expertise to help them maximize the outcome of their master rail contract renewals. With a tumultuous transportation market and railroads signaling significant price increases, this market...
Major refining company optimizes their logistics strategy via comprehensive railcar fleet assessment
A major petroleum refiner, producing high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and specialty lubricant products was looking for a comprehensive railcar fleet assessment to understand opportunities for improved efficiencies and cost reductions. Due to PLG Consulting’s deep expertise in oil and gas, renewables and rail industries, the...
Midwest-based operator of metals service centers invested in US road freight analysis to help improve service levels and market competitiveness while reducing costs
A large Midwest-based operator of metals service centers with over 14 facilities was seeking a solution for ongoing service concerns and high freight costs for their clients within the aerospace, automotive, chemical processing, consumer products, construction, electronics, and medical industries. They engaged PLG Consulting to execute a complete optimization analysis...
