NRS Logistics

N RS Logistics (NRSA), located in White Plains, New York, is a subsidiary of the NRS Corporation (NRSJ), based in Tokyo, Japan. NRSA specializes in the trans- portation of chemicals, especially dangerous goods, pharmaceuticals, and food cargoes, with a full portfolio of services including ocean, air, warehousing, and domestic road and rail trans- portation and international logistics working with the NRS Group. Its goal is to provide one- stop supply chain solutions to the global chemi- cal industry. NRSJ was established in 1946; its original line of business was leasing rail tank cars to Japanese chemical manufacturers. By the 1980s, the com- pany had expanded into a full-service, chemical logistics company specializing in handling dan- gerous goods, providing trucking, warehousing, and bulk liquid storage. In 1982, it entered the tank container business (also referred to as ISO tanks which are built to International Organi- zation for Standardization specifications). ISO tanks were developed in the EU to carry up to 20 tons of bulk liquid chemicals - an intermediate step between drums and chemical tankers. “Originally, NRSJ leased ISO tanks to Japanese chemical companies and also provided an NVOCC AT A GLANCE NRS LOGISTICS WHAT: An international logistics company specializing in dangerous goods WHERE: White Plains, New York WEBSITE: www.nrsgroup.co.jp/english