FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jen Genberg
818-344-9287
jen@btsfreight.com
Date: 12-10-09
BEHIND THE SCENES WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS OPENS NEW OFFICES
LOS ANGELES, CA – Behind The Scenes Worldwide Logistics announced the opening of several new offices in key states offering tax incentives, in addition to their UK headquarters just outside of London. The offices are in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Oregon. The BTS home office recently relocated to Calabasas, California in November of 2009. For more detailed contact information per state, refer to www.btsfreight.com.
Geoff Abadee, CEO of Behind The Scenes, is looking forward to further growth in 2010 and anticipates additional BTS office openings as per the statewide tax incentive programs. Abadee states, “We are excited about the new locations to better serve the production community and have seen a recent increase in demand for logistics services specifically in the Michigan and New Mexico markets.” The BTS Michigan office is located in Romulus, just outside of Detroit, and BTS NM is in Albuquerque.
BTS recently added several credits to their project slate. Included in the list are Battle Los Angeles, Love and Other Drugs, Your Highness, The Details, Secretariat, Red Dawn, How to Make it in America, and Love Wedding and Marriage. Find more information on www.imdb.com/company/co0141851.
Find Hazmat shipping tips, TSA film x-ray guidelines, the latest on production tax incentives, etc. on our BTS blog or join our group on LinkedIn, BTS Worldwide Logistics…Meeting the Transportation Needs of the Entertainment Industry. Recently posted Hazmat tips include a list of many common items used every day in the home or workplace that may seem harmless. However, when transported by air, they can be very dangerous (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2543763&trk=hb_side_g).
Behind The Scenes is dedicated to servicing the special transportation needs of the film, entertainment and special project industries. We provide true one-stop shopping. Through our worldwide network of offices and agents, we can offer our services wherever your production or project takes you. For more information, refer to www.btsfreight.com.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Hazmat Tips...
Many common items used every day in the home or workplace may seem harmless. However, when transported by air, they can be very dangerous. In flight, variations in temperature and pressure can cause items to leak, generate toxic fumes or start a fire. By law, you must declare your hazardous materials to the airline, air package carrier, or USPS.
Do not pack in luggage or carry on board the following common items: fireworks, flammable liquids or solids (including paints/ lighter refills, matches), household items (including drain cleaners/ solvents), pressure containers (including spray cans, scuba tanks, propane, self inflating rafts), weapons (including pepper spray), or other hazardous materials (including dry ice, gas powered tools, wet-cell batteries, infectious substances).
The following are restricted or prohibited articles that many times are accidentally included w/personal effects: ammunition and weapons (including knives), aerosol cans (including hair spray, spray adhesives, aerosol shaving cream/ insect repellent), flammable liquids (including oil based paints, lighter fluid, and certain types of perfume), solvents (including acetone and thinners), petroleum based products (including gas or diesel powered engines, generators, and compressors), alkaline batteries, compressed gases (oxygen, nitrogen, acetylene), and animal products (including meat, dairy products, vegetable produce & products, certain skins, feathers, furs, and plants)…dry ice (4lbs or less) for packing perishables may be carried on board an aircraft provided the package is vented.
Be very careful when packing your equipment that no restricted articles are overlooked…if any of the above mentioned items are not declared and detected by the airline/ other carrier, it will jeopardize timely movement of the entire shipment (and shipper liable to heavy penalties/ confiscation of shipment). In the event the production needs to ship any of the above items, it should check to see if obtainable at shooting location or sent legally with appropriate packing/ permits.
Do not pack in luggage or carry on board the following common items: fireworks, flammable liquids or solids (including paints/ lighter refills, matches), household items (including drain cleaners/ solvents), pressure containers (including spray cans, scuba tanks, propane, self inflating rafts), weapons (including pepper spray), or other hazardous materials (including dry ice, gas powered tools, wet-cell batteries, infectious substances).
The following are restricted or prohibited articles that many times are accidentally included w/personal effects: ammunition and weapons (including knives), aerosol cans (including hair spray, spray adhesives, aerosol shaving cream/ insect repellent), flammable liquids (including oil based paints, lighter fluid, and certain types of perfume), solvents (including acetone and thinners), petroleum based products (including gas or diesel powered engines, generators, and compressors), alkaline batteries, compressed gases (oxygen, nitrogen, acetylene), and animal products (including meat, dairy products, vegetable produce & products, certain skins, feathers, furs, and plants)…dry ice (4lbs or less) for packing perishables may be carried on board an aircraft provided the package is vented.
Be very careful when packing your equipment that no restricted articles are overlooked…if any of the above mentioned items are not declared and detected by the airline/ other carrier, it will jeopardize timely movement of the entire shipment (and shipper liable to heavy penalties/ confiscation of shipment). In the event the production needs to ship any of the above items, it should check to see if obtainable at shooting location or sent legally with appropriate packing/ permits.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Stay Tuned...
New TSA screening procedures for film x-ray on the horizon for 2010...
Brush up on hazmat shipping guidelines and useful classification tips...
Brush up on hazmat shipping guidelines and useful classification tips...
New Los Angeles Office Location!!!
Behind the Scenes Worldwide Logistics, Inc
23934 Craftsman Rd
Calabasas, CA 91302
Tel: 818-344-9287
Fax: 818-344-9284
23934 Craftsman Rd
Calabasas, CA 91302
Tel: 818-344-9287
Fax: 818-344-9284
BTS opens shop in states with tax incentives!!!
New BTS Locations
BTS UK:
Unit A1, Calder Way, Colnbrook
Slough, Berkshire SL3 0BQ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1753 688053 +44 (0)1753 688053
Fax: +44 (0)1753 680648
BTS Michigan:
http://www.michigan.gov/filmoffice
Behind The Scenes - MI
30735 Cypress Rd., Suite 100
Romulus, MI 48174
phone (734) 532-8613 (734) 532-8613
fax (888) 9BTS-FAX
shipping@btsfreight.com
BTS Illinois:
http://www.illinoisbiz.biz/dceo/Bureaus/Film
Behind The Scenes - IL
400 Bennett Road
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
phone (312) 893-9597 (312) 893-9597
fax (888) 9BTS-FAX
shipping@btsfreight.com
BTS Louisiana:
http://www.lafilm.org
Behind The Scenes – LA
PO Box 2354
Kenner, LA 70063
phone (504) 667-5196 (504) 667-5196
fax (888) 9BTS-FAX
shipping@btsfreight.com
BTS Oregon:
www.oregonfilm.org
Behind the Scenes-OR
P.O. Box 14607
Portland, OR 97293
phone (503) 334-4151 (503) 334-4151
fax (888) 9BTS-FAX
shipping@btsfreight.com
BTS Pennsylvania:
Behind The Scenes – PA
777 Henderson Blvd
Folcroft, PA 19032
phone (610) 675-2432 (610) 675-2432
fax (888) 9BTS-FAX
shipping@btsfreight.com
BTS New Mexico:
Behind The Scenes – NM
4111 Ellison NE
Albuquerque, NM, 87109
phone (505) 796-6610 (505) 796-6610
fax (888) 9BTS-FAX
shipping@btsfreight.com
BTS UK:
Unit A1, Calder Way, Colnbrook
Slough, Berkshire SL3 0BQ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1753 688053 +44 (0)1753 688053
Fax: +44 (0)1753 680648
BTS Michigan:
http://www.michigan.gov/filmoffice
Behind The Scenes - MI
30735 Cypress Rd., Suite 100
Romulus, MI 48174
phone (734) 532-8613 (734) 532-8613
fax (888) 9BTS-FAX
shipping@btsfreight.com
BTS Illinois:
http://www.illinoisbiz.biz/dceo/Bureaus/Film
Behind The Scenes - IL
400 Bennett Road
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
phone (312) 893-9597 (312) 893-9597
fax (888) 9BTS-FAX
shipping@btsfreight.com
BTS Louisiana:
http://www.lafilm.org
Behind The Scenes – LA
PO Box 2354
Kenner, LA 70063
phone (504) 667-5196 (504) 667-5196
fax (888) 9BTS-FAX
shipping@btsfreight.com
BTS Oregon:
www.oregonfilm.org
Behind the Scenes-OR
P.O. Box 14607
Portland, OR 97293
phone (503) 334-4151 (503) 334-4151
fax (888) 9BTS-FAX
shipping@btsfreight.com
BTS Pennsylvania:
Behind The Scenes – PA
777 Henderson Blvd
Folcroft, PA 19032
phone (610) 675-2432 (610) 675-2432
fax (888) 9BTS-FAX
shipping@btsfreight.com
BTS New Mexico:
Behind The Scenes – NM
4111 Ellison NE
Albuquerque, NM, 87109
phone (505) 796-6610 (505) 796-6610
fax (888) 9BTS-FAX
shipping@btsfreight.com
Recent Credits...
Battle Los Angeles
Love and Other Drugs
Your Highness
The Details
Secretariat
Red Dawn
How to Make it in America
Love Wedding and Marriage
Love and Other Drugs
Your Highness
The Details
Secretariat
Red Dawn
How to Make it in America
Love Wedding and Marriage
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