INBRIEF
> The heavy-duty Apex 1000 ergonomic power station from Newcastle Systems adjusts to the height of the warehouse associate, from 5-feet to 6.5-feet-tall, providing full-screen access to ERP, WMS, MES, and other information systems while on the move. Its hanging printer shelf accommodates most industrial barcode printers.
The ET6x series of rugged, 5G Android, artificial intelligence- powered tablets from Zebra Technologies is designed for workers in warehouses, manufacturing plants, and ports/rail yards. The ET60 (pictured) and ET65 are 2-in-1 Android tablets with a friction-hinge keyboard that transforms them into laptops. The display is protected with shatter- and scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass. > Loftware released NiceLabel 10.3, the latest addition to its cloud product line of labeling software. The enterprise labeling solution features integration capabilities for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management and
SAP, letting users design, manage, and print labels from enterprise resource planning software. > Companies now have the tools to measure, track, and communicate their plastic action initiatives—from decreasing plastic usage to incorporating recycled plastics to osetting their footprint with plastic credits—with the Oceanworks Plastic Action Dashboard. > Supply chain risk management software provider Avetta launched Cyber Risk Solution to provide companies with visibility to cybersecurity
risks in their supply chain. The tool scores cyber health in 10 areas and delivers an aggregate grade for each supplier. > Logility added new functionality to its cloud- based Logility Digital Supply Chain Platform to increase visibility into vendor and supplier relationships. The release introduces the ability to optimize a company’s network design for Scope 3 emissions.
Lufthansa Cargo expanded cargo services to two airports in Mexico City. From its hub in Frankfurt, the cargo airline operates freighter flights to the new Felipe Ángeles Airport, which opened in March 2022. Additionally, Lufthansa Airlines passenger aircraft regularly transport goods as belly cargo to Mexico City Airport. > UWL expanded its inland point intermodal (IPI) program for the Sun Chief Express service, which operates between Southeast Asia and the United States and Canada via Seattle. The service now includes access to two IPI locations in Ohio—Cleveland and Columbus. > Maersk’s Al Maha service now calls at three Saudi ports: Jeddah Islamic Port, King Abdulaziz Port, and Jubail Commercial Port. The new route links Saudi Arabia’s hubs to six ports across the Middle East.
>TRANSPORTATION
> Shippers will have a new direct rail connection and corridor linking Mexico, Texas, and the U.S. Southeast with an agreement reached by Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), CSX Corporation, and Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W). The railroads have agreed to create a new direct CPKC- CSX interchange connection in Alabama. CPKC and CSX will each acquire or operate portions of Meridian & Bigbee Railroad, a G&W- owned railway in Mississippi and Alabama.
> Estes Express Lines opened a terminal in Banning, California, to enable faster freight transfers. Using all electric forklifts, the new facility has eight electric tractors on site and features 133 dock doors.
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