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cargo-partner opened a more-than-215,000- square-foot logistics center in Istanbul, Türkiye. The warehouse provides more than 20,000 pallet slots and has 17 loading docks for all vehicle types, enabling transshipment, customs bonded warehousing, and distribution throughout the region. > DHL eCommerce Solutions , a division of Deutsche Post DHL Group, moved its distribution center in Orlando, Florida, to a facility that is double the size. The 129,000-square- foot facility is located two miles from the Orlando International Airport. > Langham Logistics , a warehousing and transportation company with a focus in life sciences, upgraded its Phoenix facility, adding more than 9,000 controlled room temperature (CRT) pallet positions to serve the West Coast’s cold chain warehousing and distribution needs. The warehouse features 151,000 square feet of storage space.
The new heavy-duty BulkPak 48x45 HDMP Extended Height container from ORBIS is designed to move, store, and ship automotive, appliance, and transportation equipment components. The container system offers 28 positions in a standard 53-foot truck, enabling a gain of up to 20% in shipping efficiency and warehouse utilization. > Lift’n Buddy LNB-2 two- wheel hand trucks from Presto ECOA help workers transfer items from floors to shelves, workbenches, conveyors, processing equipment, and vice versa, as well as load and unload delivery trucks and work vehicles. The LNB-2 platform raises loads up to 200 pounds from floor level to over 3 feet high. > Designed for multi- drop last-mile operations, Structure-flex’s Reflex curtain system provides easy access to products in delivery vehicles and features individual locks on each curtain for added security.
> OOCL welcomed a new mega-vessel to its fleet. Named OOCL Turkiye at a recent ceremony at Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering shipyard, the new vessel is the third 24,188-TEU vessel to be received by OOCL in a series of 12 and joins vessels OOCL Spain and OOCL Piraeus in serving OOCL’s Asia-Europe LL3 service loop.
> Cardinal Logistics Management Corporation established a national drayage service center to provide customers with a scalable nationwide drayage solution. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the center connects shippers with dray capacity to and from ocean ports and rail ramps across the United States and Canada.
carriers, and receivers reduce manual tasks and simplify communications to create accountability and build a more structured process. > TouchPath now offers a discounted subscription program for its supply chain software systems, reducing rates by 50% for the first three months of the subscription, which includes maintenance and support. TouchPath products available under the new subscription offer include TouchWMS and TouchMES supply chain systems. > 3PL GEODIS introduced a supply chain analytics tool, Analytics Interactive ,
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> FreightSmith launched SchedulePro , a solution designed to streamline and simplify warehouse appointment scheduling. SchedulePro helps shippers,
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