When wildfires consumed the Hawaiian island of Maui in August, Anthony Shipp’s reaction was immediate and powerful. “I felt a deep connection to the situation,” recalled Shipp, president and CEO of Oahu-based logistics company M. Dyer Global. “Maui is not just another island but part of our ohana,” he said, invoking the Hawaiian word for family.
Shipp knew an immediate response to the wildfires was needed, “and it had to be big,” he said. He deployed the company’s logistics capabilities and physical assets, and launched a social media campaign urging people to bring donations directly to M. Dyer in Pearl City, where the company could sort goods, load them onto ocean containers and send them to Maui. M. Dyer covered all costs.
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Anthony Shipp was recognized as one of Transport Topics’ Trucking’s Frontline Heroes for 2023 on October 17 during American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition in Austin, Texas.
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