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ing on this service. A growth in exports from the United States to Panama and Costa Rica, and in refrigerated imports from Costa Rica, spurred the addition. Each vessel in the service now follows a 14-day rotation composed of two loops. u www.seaboardmarine.com ✆ 305-863-4444 FedEx WHAT’S NEW: Next-business-day domestic express service in China. THE VALUE: This new domestic ser- vice connects businesses both within China and around the world, and serves China’s growing market with next-business-day, time-definite delivery service to 19 cities, and a day-definite service to more than 200 cities throughout the country. Second- and third-tier cities benefit from the increased domestic reach. u www.fedex.com ✆ 800-GO-FEDEX Exel WHAT’S NEW: A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-certified phar-

maceutical vault for the storage, packaging, and order fulfillment of Class II narcotics. THE VALUE: Exel’s new facility, located in central Pennsylvania to serve the northeastern United States, is a dedi- cated, secure storage area for Class II narcotics and offers a range of sup- port services. All product handling is done within the facility’s secured vault area, which includes segregated and secured spaces for staging, load- ing, unloading, and shipping. u www.exel.com ✆ 614-865-8500 PHH FirstFleet WHAT’S NEW: A predictive modeling service. THE VALUE: PHH FirstFleet’s new ser- vice predicts which drivers’ behaviors are likely to cause accidents by evalu- ating driver and vehicle histories. The service helps prevent collisions by developing a model specific to each trucker’s business needs, operations, and systems. Online reports of drivers ranked from high to low risk, and the

associated risk factors for each driver, are available to users. u www.phhfirstfleet.com ✆ 877-FF4-TRUCK

Southeastern Freight Lines WHAT’S NEW: Service centers in

Sherman, Texas, and Texarkana, Ark. THE VALUE: The addition of these ser- vice centers allows Southeastern Freight Lines to serve all of Oklahoma, as well as additional cities in Texas and Arkansas. Founded in 1950, Southeastern is a privately held trucking company specializing in next- day and second-day service in the Southeast and Southwest. u www.sefl.com ✆ 800-637-7335 Global Terminal and Hamburg Süd WHAT’S NEW: The consolidation of all liner services for the New York region with Global Terminal. THE VALUE: Global Terminal previ- ously handled Hamburg Süd’s weekly service to South America’s East Coast, but has added two more services–an- other to South America’s East Coast and one to South America’s West Coast. The consolidation into a sin- gle terminal location streamlines the delivery and pickup of cargo through- out the New York region. u www.global-terminal.com ✆ 201-451-5200 Kerry-Lynden WHAT’S NEW: The addition of service to Australia. THE VALUE: Lynden Air Freight and Kerry Logistics have added Australia to their international forward- ing and logistics coverage. Their Seattle-based joint venture company, Kerry-Lynden, now reaches nearly 40 countries, including Canada, Mexico, and U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam. The Australia ser- vice includes coverage in major hubs such as Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Perth. u www.laf.lynden.com ✆ 800-825-3255

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