DC Velocity - February 2013

short takes

Voxware, a provider of voice solutions, has released research indicating that the majority of returns of products purchased online are due to retailer error. For example, 64 percent of respondents stated that the reason for returning an item purchased online or by phone was that the item was the incorrect size or color. … The Port of Los Angeles has broken ground on a new intermodal storage railyard. The new yard will function as a link between the Port of Los Angeles and the Alameda Corridor, providing staging and storage for trains using the corridor. … The U.S. Patent Office has issued Total Trax Inc. a seventh patent, this one covering a method for collision avoidance. … CaroTrans, a global nonvessel-operating common carrier and ocean freight consolidator, has added a direct, weekly less-than-containerload (LCL) export service from San Francisco to Japan. … Symphony EYC (formerly Aldata) is now offering G.O.L.D. Drive, software that facilitates order fulfillment for shoppers who order groceries online and collect them directly from drive-through depots without entering a store. … Blue Ridge has released a mobile application, Clarity Mobile Connect, that only requires store counts to provide advance planning and forecasting for replenishing retail stores. … Barcoding Inc. is celebrating its 15th anniversary as a provider of enterprisewide mobility solutions. … Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC) has delivered 40 hydraulic hybrid power walk-in vans to UPS. Developed in partnership with Parker Hannifin Corp., the hydraulic hybrid vehicles cut fuel consumption by up to 40 percent, according to FCCC. … Evergreen Line has christened two more L-type containerships, Ever Lawful and Ever Leader. … Intelleflex, Herman Miller, and Nova Chemicals have joined the Reusable Packaging Association. … WiseTech Global has established the baseline metrics to

track its carbon emissions and plans
to integrate carbon-emission track-
ing tools into its existing software
solutions for key brands CargoWise,
TransLogix, and eHealthWise. …
Choptank Transport, a freight bro-
kerage firm, hosted 21 Chinese
transportation professionals and
educators at its Preston, Md., head-
quarters. … Henningsen Cold Stor-
age received a USDA Organic
Certification after Oregon Tilth
evaluated its Portland, Ore., facili-
ties. … Third-party logistics service
provider Knichel Logistics has
acquired Carrier Referral Service of
Allison Park, Pa. … A new industry
body, Elite Association of Logistic
Networks, has been launched to
represent the interests of independ-
ent freight forwarders. … Seko, a
provider of supply chain solutions,
has opened offices in Uganda and
Ethiopia. … The Supply Chain Coun-
cil has published SCOR (Supply Chain
Operations Reference) model ver-
sion 11, now available online to all
member organizations at www.sup-
ply-chain.org/scor/11. … Andrews
Logistics, an asset-based transporta-
tion and logistics company head-
quartered in Southlake, Texas, is cel-
ebrating its 15th anniversary. …
Third-party logistics service provider
Transportation Insight has acquired
CPA International Inc., a Connecti-
cut-based logistics company. … DHL
has unveiled a new, modernized hub
and airline facility at the Miami Inter-
national Airport service center to
meet customers’ growing shipping
needs to and from Latin America.