IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions
Gather AI, a provider of computer vision-based artificial intelligence solutions for warehouse inventory monitoring, launched two new capabilities: inferred case counting and location occupancy. The capabilities enable warehouses to get automated, digitized counts and location utilization reports.
Technology
• AutoScheduler.AI introduced centralized warehouse orchestration, which gives companies a centralized view of multi-site data. Called AutoPilot Central, the solution enables supply chain executives to get an aggregated bird’s eye view across multiple sites.
• Marsh McLennan now offers Sentrisk, an AI-powered platform with integrated advisory services to help businesses manage global supply chain risk. Sentrisk uses supply chain mapping AI and geospatial satellite imaging to help organizations map their supply chains and develop risk mitigation, transfer, and management strategies.
• Craft.co, a supply chain resilience company, launched its next-generation supplier risk management solution, providing data quality, usability, supplier risk, and compliance monitoring as well as proactive risk mitigation capabilities. Craft tackles the complexity of managing a global supplier network by providing a single platform with 1,300+ data streams.
Products
• The new Odyssey 3-runner rackable pallet from ORBIS supports heavy loads and provides load stability. Designed for automated equipment, the pallet offers dimensional consistency and improved hygienics with built-in reinforcement and a flow-through design.
← The next-generation Pro-Spotter Electric Terminal Tractor from TICO (Terminal Investment Corporation) Manufacturing debuted at the recent Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. The tractor offers higher levels of onboard energy and flexibility, making it suitable for port operations.
• APS Resource released its new APS&GO 2.0 loading dock communication system, which provides clear status to drivers and loading dock workers using highly visible, universal red “X” and green “O” LED light symbols. The combination of colors and shapes clearly communicates the presence of a trailer at the loading dock to reduce the potential for accidents resulting from truck drivers pulling away before loading/unloading is complete.
→ The new Kodiak Max industrial sign and label print system from DuraLabel uses thermal transfer technology to provide durability, vibrant colors, and sharp, 300 DPI text, graphics, barcodes, and QR codes.
• DGeo, the packaging division at Labelmaster, introduced a line of collapsible wooden crates for large-format lithium batteries. The Obexion MAX crates offer a repeatable fastening system to transport large lithium batteries. Produced by Action Wood 360, Obexion MAX crates are easy to assemble and disassemble by snapping and unsnapping the wood pieces together with Clip-Lok metal clips.
Services
• The Georgia Ports Authority and Wallenius Wilhelmsen signed a 20-year terminal agreement consolidating the company’s port and logistics operations at the Port of Brunswick. The provider’s long-term commitment in Brunswick—which is expanding its roll-on/roll-off cargo handling capabilities to become a top U.S. auto port—is expected to strengthen its position as a preferred supply chain partner to North American automotive, equipment, and breakbulk customers.
↑ DHL Global Forwarding, DHL Group’s air and ocean freight specialist, has been re-certified by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The IATA CEIV Pharma certification recognizes DHL Global Forwarding’s expertise in meeting quality standards and regulatory requirements for safe and compliant air handling of high-value, time-sensitive, and temperature-controlled pharmaceutical products.
• Candor Expedite launched a cold chain division, Candor Food Chain, which combines the company’s national shipping services with a new technology—a reusable cold packaging solution that allows pallet and box-sized frozen and refrigerated shipments to go by regular transport and stay frozen or refrigerated for up to 9 days.
• CN opened a new transload logistics facility in Flat Rock, Michigan. Spanning 20,000 square feet, the Flat Rock facility is designed for inbound train operations. The facility’s first customer is Target Steel, which will transport steel coils via rail.
Transportation
↑ DACHSER’s air and sea freight division is expanding its services, adding new fixed LCL connections between the port of Rotterdam and various ports in Asia including Shanghai and Nhava Sheva. For these new LCL import and export connections, DACHSER uses its own consolidated containers.
• Lufthansa Cargo added Monterrey, Mexico, to its freighter flight schedule, connecting Europe to Monterrey and offering further destinations with belly connections to North America. The new route goes from Frankfurt to Mexico City, then to Monterrey International Airport, and back to Frankfurt, and is expected to serve automotive suppliers, electronics providers, and customers transporting medical products.
• CMA CGM Group is deploying seven additional vessels with a capacity of 7,000 TEUs from June 30 to early September 2024, with bi-weekly departures from China to alternating destinations in Northern Europe (Le Havre, Antwerp) and the Mediterranean (Fos-sur-Mer, Malta). The French Peak Service is a seasonal offering designed to meet increased maritime transport demand between Asia, Northern Europe, and the Mediterranean.
• Samskip now offers a shortsea container service connecting Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. Launched from Rotterdam, the weekly Spain-Tilbury-Rotterdam shortsea option offers the sustainability advantages of intermodal transport to customers throughout Spain, supported by local customer service.
↑ COSCO SHIPPING opened a self-operated fulfillment warehouse in the Greater Los Angeles area. Tailored for cross-border ecommerce customers, the new facility is one hour from the Port of Los Angeles and Los Angeles International Airport. The warehouse can achieve unloading and shelving within 48 hours, with 95% of goods dispatched within the first 24 hours and 98% within 48 hours.