Transplace, Dallas, Texas, extended its long-standing strategic partnership with Huhtamaki, Inc., De Soto, Kan., to improve its supply chain visibility and network efficiency.

Kuebix, Maynard, Mass., introduced FleetMAX, a program designed to fill the empty backhauls of private fleets and offer truckload capacity to the marketplace.

Trimble, Sunnyvale, Calif., partnered with 3Gtms, Inc., a privately-held provider of transportation management systems based in Shelton, Conn., to create 3G-TM, a planning and shipment management software marketed by TMW Systems, Beachwood, Ohio.

enVista, Carmel, Ind., launched a new version of its proprietary transportation spend management solution myShipINFO (MSI).

According to a recent survey of more than 400 logistics managers questioned by U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Chattanooga, Tenn., only 59% of shippers use performance metrics to manage freight costs and only 43% are currently running or planning to implement a transportation management system (TMS).

United States Cold Storage (USCS), Voorhees, N.J., is constructing a 5.5-million-cubic-foot public refrigerated warehouse in Dallas, replacing most of USCS’ original Dallas warehouse, which was built in 1965.