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A new Container Freight Station (CFS) in Dubai provides consolidation and redistribution service for less-than- containerload shipments. The CFS offers handling and temporary storage of import/export full and empty containers carried under customs control. Other CFS features include free cargo pick up with Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone; value- added services such as repackaging and labeling; door-to-door services; precise service schedules; and multiple weekly frequencies. www.agilitylogistics.com 713-452-3500 C.H. Robinson C.H. Robinson has expanded its produce operations by opening a Europe-based produce-sourcing company, C.H. Robinson Sourcing, in Avignon, France. Focused on trading fresh produce globally, the new company primarily sources French, Italian, and Spanish fresh produce products for sale to North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. www.chrobinson.com 952-937-8500 FedEx Trade Networks FedEx Corp. subsidiary FedEx Trade Networks expanded its global presence with new freight forwarding offices in Asia and Latin America. In Asia, the new facilities in Singapore; Taiwan; and Qingdao, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, China, support the company’s international airfreight forwarding operations and provide comprehensive coverage in key Asia-Pacific trade lanes. In Latin America, the company opened an air and ocean forwarding office in São Paulo, Brazil. www.ftn.fedex.com 800-GO-FEDEX ShipWire With upgrades to its distribution centers in Toronto and Vancouver, ShipWire offers Internet retailers the ability to import into and store inventory in Canada, and automate product fulfillment to Canadian
▲ Quantronix Inc. Designed for high-volume applications requiring accurate cube and weight data collection for warehousing, freight manifesting, or transportation use, the CubiScan 200-TS conveyorized cubing and weighing system handles packages measuring up to 60 inches long by 48 inches wide and weighing up to 110 pounds. It features an operating speed of 230 feet per minute, color touchscreen display for operating statistics and diagnostics, and customized software to interface with bar-code scanning equipment, label printing devices, and shipping/manifesting, invoicing, or warehouse management system software. www.cubiscan.com 800-488-CUBE
buyers. ShipWire provides shippers real- time visibility into inventory, tools for tracking and controlling product status, direct-to-consumer pick/pack warehouse fulfillment pricing, and integration and connections to Web fulfillment services. www.shipwire.com 888-SHIPWIRE HARDWARE CipherLab Designed to improve productivity in warehousing stock control, picking and order processing, and manufacturing goods control, CipherLab’s 8400 series industrial mobile computer features increased screen size to better
accommodate terminal emulation, an ergonomic keypad that facilitates one- handed use, and a tilted scan engine to make data capture easier and more efficient. www.cipherlab.com LXE Inc. LXE’s MX9, MX9CS, and MX9HL handheld computers are suitable for use in an array of heavy industrial and outdoor data collection environments. Features include 888-300-9779 an outdoor display, multiple scanning and imaging options, back-lit keypads, a built-in GPS positional location option, and multiple communications options. www.lxe.com 770-447-4224
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