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KONG's Orient Overseas Container Liner (OOCL) has
opened its new US headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, transferring American
management operations from the San Franscisco Bay area.
It will also close offices in Chicago, Memphis and New
York and transfer personnel to Utah, involving the relocation or hiring 300
management personnel and professionals,
Utah provided OOCL with a US$4.7 million Economic
Development Tax credit, and a $953,961 grant to offset moving costs. With OOCL
expected to pay $500 million in new state wages and more than $19 million in
new state taxes over 20 years,
The move is only the latest trend among shipping lines
anxious to escape the costs of pricey first tier American cities and moved to
more affordable locations inland.
The trend was started in 2009, by Singapore's APL and its
parent, Neptune Orient Lines, when it moved its office from the San Francisco
Bay area to Scottsdale. Arizona, near Phoenix.
Coscon has announced it will close offices in Boston,
Charleston, Chicago, New Jersey, New York, Norfolk, San Francisco and Seattle,
and relocated but as not reveals where.
In March, United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), said it
will move from Cranford, NJ, to a new 50,000-square foot building in
Atlanta-area Peachtree Corner, where it will consolidate Cranford, Norfolk and
Savannah operations.
The building will house 160 employees from UASC
logistics, accounting, finance and customer service, as well as executive
management staff. The State of Georgia and Gwinnett County offered a generous
incentive package too.
Source : HKSG.
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