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Borderlinx, DHL Team to Deliver Worldwide Products Bought from U.S. Internet Retailers A five-year agreement between DHL and Borderlinx, a U.K.-based provider of cross-border e-commerce solutions, is designed to give shoppers outside the U.S. the ability to order products from any U.S. internet retailer. The Borderlinx solution also provides simple access to a global marketplace for US internet retailers who have previously only offered delivery within the U.S. marketplace. U.S. e-retailers can integrate directly with Borderlinx to make their products immediately available to the international marketplace. Borderlinx provides internet merchants with payment solutions, order fulfillment and DHL delivery services for product delivery to any of the 225 countries and territories served by DHL. All purchases are sent to and stored at DHL’s primary air and ground hub in Wilmington, Ohio, until the customer requests delivery. One consolidated delivery of purchases saves consumers significantly on import fees, duties and transportation charges. Visit www.borderlinx.com and www.dhl.com. considerably drives down our clients’ total cost of ownership.” HighJump Supply Chain Advantage 10.0 includes numerous advances across the supply chain suite, from warehouse management, adaptability tools and billing management for logistics services providers to labor management, manufacturing execution, and warehouse management for small and mid-sized businesses. Visit www.highjump.com. Cathay Pacific Plans All-Cargo Service Between Hong Kong, Houston Bush Cathay Pacific Airways plans to launch three weekly, all-cargo flights to Hong Kong from Houston in September. The action reportedly will be the first scheduled all-cargo service to Hong Kong from Houston, and will become the fourth scheduled Asian, all-cargo service from George Bush Intercontinental Airport. “This new service will boost our network and provide better access and connectivity for our customers between Asia and North America via our home hub in Hong Kong,” says Ron Mathison, Cathay Pacific director and general manager of cargo operations. Total air cargo trade between Houston and Hong Kong was valued at more than $24m in 2007. Visit www.cathaypacific.com. ProLogis Says Leasing Very Strong at Distribution Parks in Inland China Leasing activity in the interior of China is moving apace for ProLogis. For instance, at ProLogis Park Jiangning in Nanjing, the capital of China’s Jiangsu Province, ProLogis has leased 100 percent of a 234,000-square-foot distribution center to Anji-TNT Logistics, a provider of logistics services for automotive parts. Anji-TNT will operate the space on behalf of Fiat, the Italian automobile maker, serving customers throughout China. In addition, ProLogis announced that the first phase of construction at ProLogis Park Chongqing is fully leased. The new park is being developed in the city of Chongqing, with a population of 30 million people. Altogether in China, ProLogis has more than 11.3 million square feet (1.05 million square meters) of industrial space in operation and another 11 million square feet under development. Visit www.prologis.com. HighJump Touts New Functionality in Supply Chain Advantage 10.0 Suite HighJump Software has released Supply Chain Advantage suite 10.0, which combines extended functionality and a high level of adaptability to help clients better manage material flows throughout their operations and expedite upgrades. “Our clients require extensive functionality and a means to easily manage business processes which change due to regulations, continuous improvement initiatives, or new approaches to manufacturing and distribution models,” says Chad Collins, vice president of global strategy. “HighJump Software’s key value proposition is our adaptable architecture and fast upgrades, which Transportation Solutions Provider Renamed as AmeriQuest Transportation Services AmeriQuest Transportation Services is the new name of the former AmeriQuest Transportation and Logistics Resources. But its focus on comprehensive transportation solutions remains the same. From a start-up offering limited services, AmeriQuest has evolved into a menu-driven service provider offering more than 15 different products and services to private fleets, truckload carriers, and inde- 26 MAY 2008 http://www.highjump.com http://www.borderlinx.com http://www.dhl.com http://www.cathaypacific.com http://www.prologis.com

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