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Seana Fairchild, ConGlobal | Logistics Transportation Review | Top Container Storage and Handling Service Seana Fairchild, Chief Commercial Officer and Ilhan Kolko, President and Managing Director, ConGlobal Technologies
A yard in motion is complex. Trucks operate alongside cranes, with stacks of containers rising by the hour in a tightly choreographed rhythm of freight, equipment, and people. Every movement is coordinated to maintain flow, efficiency, and safety.

ConGlobal has operated within this environment for more than half a century, helping ports, railroads, and inland hubs knit together the movement of global trade. From the dawn of intermodal containers to today’s data-driven, velocity-obsessed supply chains, the company has evolved in step with the industry and its customers.

That consistency has made ConGlobal one of the most trusted operators in intermodal logistics. It runs the largest depot terminal network in North America, with sites across the United States, Mexico, and Costa Rica.

The company’s work spans every facet of yard and terminal operations, including equipment repair and maintenance, container modification, sales and leasing, and redistribution for global ocean carriers and leasing firms. With deep operational expertise, multimodal reach, and field-ready technology, ConGlobal helps customers cut costs, reduce dwell time, and unlock new value within the complex choreography of freight.

More than scale, ConGlobal is recognized for the intelligence behind its network. Its yards form part of the backbone of modern trade, where thousands of containers, chassis, and trailers are managed daily by teams blending engineering precision with hands-on skill.

That mix of experience and discipline built the company’s reputation for reliability. But leadership saw a systemic vulnerability across the industry: when visibility disappears, control falters. Containers get misplaced, equipment moves without documentation, and small errors multiply under pressure. Inside ConGlobal, they called it “yard blindness.” Then they decided to cure it.

Where Others See Chaos, ConGlobal Sees Choreography

For decades, ConGlobal’s world revolved around the physical movement of containers, trucks, and cranes. As logistics accelerated, the company saw that the bottleneck was not land or labor, it was clarity.

That realization sparked the creation of Aviro360, a visibility platform incubated within ConGlobal’s operations to illuminate every corner of the yard. Instead of adding space, ConGlobal added intelligence. Using cameras, sensors, and artificial intelligence, Aviro360 converts motion into structured data. What happens between the gate and the dock becomes measurable, analyzable, and actionable in real time.

“Most supply chain challenges come down to space and visibility,” says Seana Fairchild, Chief Commercial Officer at ConGlobal. “We’ve built one of the largest networks to solve the space issue. Aviro360 allows our teams and customers to finally see and act on what happens inside that space.”

What began as a fix for yard blindness has become a visibility engine for the wider supply chain, a system built from real operational experience and driven by the pursuit of complete transparency.

You cannot manage what you cannot see. When you give operators visibility and the tools to act on it, everything becomes faster, safer, and more predictable.

The platform delivers value at every stage of yard activity, from automating gate traffic to optimizing mobile inventory checks, creating a cascading impact on time, labor, and cost.
Building the Cure

Every supply chain has a breaking point where freight slows and information fades. That point is the yard, the moment cargo pauses between modes of transport, often slipping out of view.

Aviro360 replaces that uncertainty with live intelligence. The system captures every event across the yard, interprets it through machine learning, and delivers insights that keep operations synchronized. Issues are detected before they escalate, and processes that once required manual checks now run automatically.

The results are measurable. Some customers have reduced guard costs and inspection time by more than 70 percent. Check-in and check-out times are about five minutes faster per asset, the equivalent of adding a full-time employee at each site. Others have nearly eliminated lost containers and trailers that once vanished without a trace. With accurate, real-time data, teams can focus on moving freight, not finding it.

“You cannot manage what you cannot see,” says Ilhan Kolko, President and Managing Director of ConGlobal Technologies. “When you give operators visibility and the tools to act on it, everything becomes faster, safer, and more predictable.”

Aviro360 keeps learning. It processes thousands of camera reads daily, refining its understanding of each yard. Within weeks of deployment, accuracy exceeds 99 percent and continues to climb as algorithms adapt to customer workflows. Visibility builds control, and control builds confidence. That confidence keeps freight moving even when conditions shift.

Designed by Operators for Visibility

While Aviro360 redefined how yards are managed, ConGlobal continued strengthening its physical network. Across North America, its depots provide secure, well-lit, and professionally staffed facilities where freight is stored and handled safely. Many are located near ports, rail terminals, and logistics corridors, giving customers access to space exactly when and where they need it.

With industrial outdoor storage growing increasingly scarce, ConGlobal helps customers plan ahead through long-term agreements and strategic storage initiatives that secure capacity before it is needed. This proactive approach keeps clients from facing last-minute shortages or relying on risky, unsecured sites.

  • We’ve built one of the largest networks to solve the space issue.


Still, ConGlobal understood that space alone is not an advantage. The true edge comes from connecting that space within a digital system. By pairing its physical network with Aviro360’s intelligence, the company turned storage into strategy.

Customers are using that combination creatively. A California retailer short on warehouse capacity established flexible regional storage near high-demand markets. A manufacturer near the U.S.–Mexico border staged high-value products at a ConGlobal yard to ease congestion and keep production stable. A rail client cut storage fees by more than 90 percent by moving freight from an overcrowded terminal to a ConGlobal site. Across entire networks, customers have saved millions annually through smarter, synchronized storage.

ConGlobal also provides what Fairchild calls “white-glove service,” ensuring containers are roadworthy, secure, and ready for immediate pickup. Customers avoid long port lines and delays while gaining faster, safer access to their cargo.

Teams work closely with clients to forecast space requirements and plan freight volumes months in advance, turning reactive storage into proactive logistics strategy.

It is a win-win-win model for ports, railroads, and shippers. Throughput improves, costs fall, and everyone gains visibility. The yard is no longer a waiting zone. It is a live, connected link in the supply chain.

The Human-Tech Alliance Driving Modern Logistics

ConGlobal’s transformation from a traditional operator into a technology-powered partner mirrors the larger shift in global logistics. As complexity grows, resilience now depends on visibility. ConGlobal sits at the center of that evolution, uniting physical capacity with digital awareness.

Its network continues to expand through new depots and upgraded facilities in key markets, many near Class I rail terminals and logistics parks for seamless multimodal access. Meanwhile, Aviro360 continues advancing in automation and predictive analytics, helping operators anticipate issues before they occur.

Both efforts are guided by a single principle: collaboration. ConGlobal’s teams bring the precision of veteran operators who understand the stakes of every move, while Aviro360’s engineers refine the tools that enhance that precision. Together, they deliver the balance of human expertise and technological clarity that defines modern logistics.

From Awareness to Foresight

ConGlobal’s story is, at its core, about clarity, the ability to see what others miss, to bring meaning to motion, and to guide an industry toward a more transparent future.

That future is already here. Across every yard, what was once hidden behind fences and container stacks now exists within a living data network. Every asset is accounted for, every move is visible, and every decision is informed by insight.

The yard remains a place of motion, but now that motion has purpose. With Aviro360, ConGlobal has given logistics a new way to see and a smarter way to act. In a world where timing defines success, visibility, foresight, and collaboration have become the most valuable assets of all.

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ConGlobal

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Seana Fairchild, Chief Commercial Officer and Ilhan Kolko, President and Managing Director, ConGlobal Technologies

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ConGlobal is North America’s leading provider of intermodal, container yard, and terminal services. With over 50 years of experience and AI-powered technology, it delivers seamless, safe, and efficient logistics solutions across the US, Mexico, and Costa Rica.