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Uber Acquires Self-Driving Truck Maker Otto, Positioning Expansion Into Trucking

Uber's moves reflect its eagerness to advance self-driving technology. If its ambitions are realized, these vehicles could over time reduce its biggest cost, paying drivers.

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Featured in Food Logistics: SOLAS Ocean Container Weight Rule Takes Effect

The full impact of the rule, known as the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), was uncertain at the time of this report, as the U.S. maritime industry was working on a system to meet the requirements.

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Lineage Logistics Acquires Consolidated Distribution Corporation

With the acquisition of CDC, Lineage becomes the largest customized re-distribution network in the U.S. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 1990, CDC is a leading foodservice supply chain logistics company and the largest independent multi-concept re-distribution provider in the nation.

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DP World Partners with Hyperloop on Global Ocean Cargo

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT)

Hyperloop One and DP World will work together to study the viability of using hyperloop technology to unload ocean-container cargo at the Jebel Ali port in Dubai.

Hyperloop, a concept popularized in recent years by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, is a technology for transporting people or cargo in suspended capsules through miles-long near-vacuum tubes at speeds reaching more than 700 miles per hour.

Fast-Food Chains Seeking Fresh Ingredients Face Big Challenges

Fast-food chains are slow boats to turn because of their massive size, so every significant change in the menu is a bigger risk than for other restaurants.

Two-and-a-half years ago, Wendy's tested a blackberry-laden Summer Berry Chicken Salad. The salad proved popular enough that plans were made to roll it out nationwide, but the berries' slow growth made them a challenging ingredient.

Food Logistics Presents the 2016 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers List

The list provides a handy resource to transportation decision makers, giving them a snapshot of the capabilities of these companies and the geographic region(s) they serve.

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Genessee & Wyoming to Acquire Providence and Worcester Railroad for $126 Million

Genesee & Wyoming

P&W interchanges with G&W’s NECR and CSO railroads, as well as with CSX, Norfolk Southern, Pan Am Railways, Pan Am Southern, the Housatonic Railroad and the New York & Atlantic Railroad, and connects to Canadian National and Canadian Pacific via NECR.

The addition of P&W to G&W’s existing presence in the region substantially enhances G&W’s ability to serve customers and Class I partners in New England, which is a highly competitive rail market with a premium placed on timely, efficient and safe rail service.

Des Moines Cold Storage Builds New Cold Storage Facility

ESI Group USA, a nationally accredited design-build engineering and construction management firm, was selected to provide their specialty design-build services for this exciting project named Crossroads Cold Storage facility.

Des Moines Cold Storage recently broke ground for its new 120,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Iowa.

Reefer and Trailer Manufacturers Raise the Bar

Temperature control and green options expand to further enhance cold chain integrity.

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How Technology Innovation Transforms the Cold Chain

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Moving From Providers To Partners

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Foodservice Industry Prepares for Big Challenges on Many Fronts

From the FSMA to labor regulations to changing consumer demands and more.

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