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> Ryder System unveiled its third omnichannel distribution center in Columbus, Ohio. At nearly 440,000 square feet, the facility is the largest Ryder e-commerce distribution center in the Columbus area and is the first to open under the company’s new supply chain offering: Ryder Ecommerce by Whiplash. > 3PL MD Logistics opened its first warehouse in Garner, North Carolina—the sixth total for the Midwest- based company. This expansion extends current client partnerships and serves the life sciences and pharmaceutical industry on the East Coast. > World Distribution Services increased the warehouse capacity of its Linden, New Jersey- based distribution facility. Additional racking to maximize space will allow for more than 20,000 racked positions and 200,000 square feet for bulk storage at the 480,000-square-foot facility.
> Logistics provider cargo- partner expanded the warehouse capacity of its logistics center near Ljubljana Airport in Slovenia. The new warehouse offers more than 18,000 pallet slots. > 3PL Evans Distribution Systems expanded into a 265,000-square-foot warehouse in Allen Park, Michigan. The facility is located on expressway I-94 and a few miles from the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. > Performance Team– A Maersk Company announced plans to open a new cold storage facility in Dayton, New Jersey, in October 2022 to serve imports and exports. The facility features 167,812 square feet of space with 13,000 rack positions, 30 dock doors, a dry sprinkler system, refrigerated dock, trailer plug-ins, in-house clearance, refrigerated and frozen storage, and a back-up generator.
> Leonard’s Express constructed a temperature-controlled warehouse in Shortsville, New York—a distribution point for Upstate New York, eastern Canada, and the Northeast Corridor. The 114,500-square-foot refrigerated warehouse meets stringent requirements for storing temperature-controlled products and consists of five 20,000-square-foot rooms, each of which can be temperature controlled between -10 and 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
technologies to enhance read rates, ABB’s optical character recognition system automates container information handling and transmits key container data to the terminal operating system in near real-time. > Americold Realty Trust introduced its newest facility in Dunkirk, New York. With 181,000 square feet of cold storage and operational space, this LEED-certified facility features 25,000 pallet positions to support cold storage needs in the western New York region. > Aeronet Worldwide opened a new station in Louisville, Kentucky—its first facility in the area. The 9,600-square-foot warehouse facility is located
> SSA Manzanillo International Terminal in Panama is equipping its 21 ship-to-shore cranes with ABB Crane OCR technology to improve safety, efficiency, and data quality. Leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning
> Europe-based palletized distribution network Pall-Ex Group is seeking new master license holders in the United States as it launches plans to overhaul the U.S. pallet freight model and develop its current use beyond big and bulky loads. The model, which operates on a hub-and-spoke basis, will enable independent trucking companies to develop and diversify their services under an independent brand.
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