INBRIEF
4-inch desktop printers are designed to meet industrial labeling and receipt needs. > ORBIS added a new pallet, top cap, and reusable sleevepack system to its OpteBulk collapsible plastic bulk solutions. Maximizing truckload space, the new OpteBulk 48x45 series offers a total of 28 positions per 53-foot trailer, two more positions than other 48x45 sleevepacks in the market.
for refrigerated shippers between the U.S. Midwest markets and Mexico. > DHL eCommerce , a division of DHL Group, relocated from its Elkridge, Maryland, distribution center to a 138,500-square- foot location in Manassas, Virginia. Double the size of the previous location with 41 dock doors, the new distribution center enables DHL eCommerce to process more B2C domestic volume. > Corporate Storage activated its Foreign Trade Zone designation at its Gainesville, Georgia, warehouse to save customers thousands of dollars through deferred duties, taxes, and processing fees. With the FTZ designation, Corporate Storage is positioned to serve customers whose products come through the nearby Blue Ridge Connector, Northeast Georgia’s inland port, which is scheduled to be completed in 2026.
> ArcBest ’s new Vaux Smart Autonomy offering combines autonomous mobile robot (AMR) forklifts and reach trucks, software, and remote teleoperation capabilities to autonomously handle materials movement within warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities. The materials handling technology is flexible out of the box to handle variability in facilities, processes, and product characteristics. 24_000875_Inbound_Logistics_MAR Mod: February 1, 2024 12:07 PM Print: 02/08/24 9:25:38 AM page 1 v7 FROM BULK BAGS TO TARPS π
>SERVICES
> Ryder System expanded its cross-border U.S.-Mexico operations by opening a logistics facility in Laredo, Texas, as well as extending its drayage yard in Nuevo
Laredo, Mexico. Its new 228,000-square-foot
warehouse and cross dock in Laredo is located 3 miles from the World Trade Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico border with interstate access in both directions. > Americold Realty Trust plans to begin construction in the first half of 2024 on its first facility through a strategic collaboration with Canadian Pacific Kansas City to co-locate Americold warehouse facilities on the CPKC network. Americold is investing $127 million in the 335,000-square-foot facility in Kansas City, Missouri. The new facility will support CPKC’s single-line rail service
>TRANSPORTATION
> Enstructure , a U.S. marine terminal and logistics company, and Dole Food Company expanded Dole’s shipping services to Port Wilmington in Delaware. The addition of a second weekly service increases the capacity for tropical fresh fruits, including Dole branded fruits, and general cargo being imported to the Mid-Atlantic region from Colombia, Honduras, and Guatemala.
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