Target Logistic Services

TARGET LOGISTIC SERVICES, Inc. is a part of the Target Logistics, Inc. group of companies. TARGET LOGISTIC SERVICES has been in business since 1970 and in the same year, was approved as an International Air Transportation Association (IATA) Cargo Agent. In early 1971, TARGET LOGISTIC SERVICES received both international and domestic air cargo forwarding authority from the Civil Aeronautics Board.

Growing from the initial offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, TARGET LOGISTIC SERVICES expanded in 1977 to New York with the opening of an international gateway for air consolidations to Europe. To complement the international growth, TARGET LOGISTIC SERVICES began domestic air cargo services in 1978. To be competitive in the newly deregulated domestic air freight market, TARGET LOGISTIC SERVICES realized service must be available to all fifty states. To satisfy the need to serve every major city, a unique decentralized organization was developed. Dividing the country into six (6) regions, a Regional Control Center (RCC) was opened in a major city within the region. A Regional Manager was appointed with the responsibility and authority to appoint cartage agents at cities within the region, establish sales offices or full service offices as new business developed and, in general, operate the region as a profit center for the company.

By 1979 TARGET LOGISTIC SERVICES had RCC's in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco and Los Angeles. With the RCC's in place, TARGET LOGISTIC SERVICES was able to serve 217 airports in the United States and their over 20,000 surrounding communities. In 1987 the South Central Control Center was moved from Houston to Dallas/Fort Worth. A district office is still maintained in Houston.

Throughout this growth period TARGET LOGISTIC SERVICES did not forget its origins and continued to expand its international activities. In 1984, Canada was added to its North American operation and now provides transborder service.

Beyond North America, TARGET LOGISTIC SERVICES has organized a group of similar companies, prominent in their own countries, into a system that covers more that a hundred major cities in 70 countries. Close cooperation and communication with these agents allows TARGET LOGISTIC SERVICES to offer its customer an import and export service by air that is second to none.

Singapore became Target's first office in Asia and has been joined by offices in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and China. Target also maintains an office in Milan and agents and partners in more than 70 countries worldwide.