North Atlantic Logistics

I N T E R N AT I O N A L L O G I S T I C S NORTH ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS NORTH ATLANTIC A nthony Mestroni, CEO of North Atlantic International Logistics, a leader in the transportation industry, only incidental- ly entered the business that he would someday turn into a full-time pursuit. “I started back in the industry when I was going to university for film and video,” he remembers. “And what paid for all my schooling and film equipment was working in the rail yard for a 3PL provider that transported automobiles across Canada with CN (Cana- dian National Railway). I worked there for about four years and received a lot of “real world”business experience and knowledge, from setting up an office, to what logistics was all about. For me transportation is like the supermarket: everyone needs groceries and everybody needs a way to transport their goods and services. So, it’s a need that is always going to be there for a long time.” A year’s stint as a commercial diver –whose schooling and training, once again,was paid for by working at a 3PL transportation firm–convinced him that he wasn’t going to do that long-term either.“I was sitting on a barge in the Hamilton Harbor doing a pipeline job, and said ‘Okay, this was fun but the lifestyle and pay is not for me.’ So, I went back to what paid for all my fun times at school,”he says. “I didn’t have anymoney back then, but I did have a lot of capital intellect, so I approached one of my customers who I had worked for in the rail yard,moving automobiles, and then again,when I was doing freight transportation. His name was Rob Birch, and he is nowmy equal partner. Rob had 15-plus years experience in the moving indus- PUTTING THE CUSTOMER FIRST