IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions
DHL Global Forwarding launched DHL Consolidated Clearance Service for U.S. imports. DHL’s new service offers a customs clearance process that consolidates multiple shipments under a single entry. It is designed to support businesses, particularly with high-volume operations, that are transitioning from de minimis clearance for their U.S. imports to clearance via formal and informal entry.
Services
• Savage Tooele Railroad, a new short-line railroad in Utah, connects companies in northwest Utah to the national rail network. Developed by Savage in conjunction with Union Pacific, the 11-mile railroad operates five days a week.
• CN and multi-temperature logistics provider Congebec are collaborating on a cold storage facility at CN’s Calgary Logistics Park in Alberta. The new Congebec facility will integrate cold storage, cross-docking, transloading, and first- and last-mile services with CN’s refrigerated programs.
• Kase and WSI opened a new 182,000-square-foot fulfillment center east of Dallas-Fort Worth, in Sunnyvale, Texas, designed to support omnichannel operations and traditional distribution.
Technology
↑ Accenture’s Physical AI Orchestrator lets manufacturers build live digital twins of planned and existing physical assets, from conveyors to mobile robots to shop floor and warehouse layouts, and connect them to physical counterparts.
• Suppliers can select the invoices they wish to get paid faster and receive funds within the first 24 hours with Cleo InvoicePay, an embedded invoice financing solution.
• Shippo offers an AI-powered feature that shows merchants when a package is expected to arrive before they buy a label. Shippo Estimate lets them choose the optimal shipping option for every order.
• Precoro introduced AI Assistant, a native AI-powered chatbot that gives finance, procurement, and accounts payable teams instant insights from their purchasing data. The AI Assistant offers a real-time view of spend and supplier performance.
• AutoScheduler.AI launched its Warehouse Decision Agent, an AI-powered coordination assistant designed for warehouses. Operators can upload schedules, receive optimized plans, identify risks, run scenarios, and generate updates.
Products
↑ Universal Restraint Systems’ Bulldog Binder is a heavy-duty chain load binder designed for long-haul transport. The Bulldog Binder offers an ergonomic design, making binding large payloads safer.
• Avery Dennison introduced AD Nanoblock, a tiny square inlay for use in tagging products in apparel, healthcare, beauty, and food and beverage applications. The AD Nanoblock is compliant with the ISO/IEC 15693 and NFC Forum Type 5 standards, which allow it to be read by HF-RFID readers and all smartphone models.
↑ A-SAFE’s Memaplex polymer safety barriers provide impact protection for warehouse and logistics operations, safeguarding personnel, vehicles, and infrastructure while reducing maintenance downtime.
Transportation
• SolitAir, the United Arab Emirates’ dedicated cargo airline based out of Dubai World Central, launched routes to eight key cities in the African continent including Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar (Tanzania) and Harare (Zimbabwe).
• Finnlines, a subsidiary of the Grimaldi Group, now offers a new weekly roll-on roll-off service between the Port of Bilbao in Spain and the Polish port of Gdynia. The new route links Poland to the Grimaldi Group’s global network.