short takes
UPS has expanded its preferred less-than-containerload
(PLCL) expedited ocean freight service to Western Europe.
… Cat Lift Trucks has released a new guide, “Navigating
the Emissions Environment,” which answers many frequently asked questions about the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s Tier 4 Final emissions standards and
what they mean for diesel lift truck owners. … Union
Pacific has introduced the first and only dedicated intermodal rail service between The Port of Houston Authority’s
Barbours Cut Container Terminal and Union Pacific’s Dallas
Intermodal Terminal facility, located 12 miles from downtown Dallas in Wilmer, Texas. … Schaefer Systems
International has redesigned its Automated Systems
Division’s website: automation.ssi-schaefer.us. … Old
Dominion Freight Line Inc. has opened a new service center
in Salinas, Calif., to accommodate increased demand in
California’s Central Coast region. The company has also
relocated its Des Moines, Iowa, service center to a facility
more than twice the size of its predecessor, and has relocated and expanded its Allentown, Pa., service center. …
Material handling company Beumer Group celebrated the
official opening of its new factory building in Thailand,
located in the eastern Chachoengsao Province. … Industrial
truck maker Crown Equipment has opened a branch in
Kansas City, Kan. The company has also established its own
direct sales and service operation in Milan, Italy. … Penske
Logistics has upgraded its enterprise-class data center,
which serves all of its supply chain customers. … Some $50
million in additional port-deepening funds for Georgia’s
Ports has been approved by the state legislature and now
awaits the governor’s signature. Along with previous funding, Georgia has allocated $231.1 million toward the state’s
portion of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project. …
CaroTrans, a global NVOCC (nonvessel-operating common
carrier) and ocean freight consolidator, has added two
Shanghai-to-U.S. less-than-containerload services to its
Asia-U.S. service network. … In its latest annual “North
American Freight Railcar Review,” Railinc Corp., a provider
of rail industry data, IT, and information services, reports
that the size of the North American revenue-earning
freight railcar fleet increased by 1 percent in 2012 but has
not recovered to prerecession levels.
