New Services

By Staff -- Logistics Management, 10/1/2005

Contract logistics company TNT Logisticswill utilize Optiant's PowerChain software suite to help customers design and optimize their global supply chains. With PowerChain, TNT will be able to model product flows from raw materials through final point of consumption, ensuring optimal inventory levels and positioning. (www.tntlogistics.us, www.optiant.com)

Odyssey Logistics & Technology, a provider of logistics services to the chemical industry, now offers continuous movements and advanced outbound and inbound load scheduling for liquids. Services also include scheduled pick-up and drop off appointments for truckload and LTL. (www.odysseylogistics.com)

RoadLink USA, an intermodal trucking company, now provides document images on its website to help its customers process their shipments faster and more accurately. Documents include Terminal Interchange Reports (TIRs) and signed Proof of Delivery (POD). (www.roadlinkusa.com)

Freight forwarder U-Freight is expanding its presence in China by adding more office and warehouse space in Guangzhou and Xiamen. U-Freight also launched a sea-air service from Xiamen to North America and Europe via Taiwan, with faster transit times than sea freight and lower costs than airfreight. (www.ufreight.com)

Software vendor Logicor has acquired pfastship Worldwide Logistics, maker of Global Ship and pfastship 400i multi-carrier shipping execution systems. Logicor will integrate those products with its LogiCOM middleware. (www.logicor.com)

Purolator, a third-party logistics and U.S.-Canada specialist, has relocated its U.S. headquarters to Jericho. N.Y. The facility will also serve as a support center for a new billing and tracking system, which will launch this fall.