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Ben E. Keith Foods to Acquire Kelley Foods of Alabama

Founded in 1957, Kelley Foods is headquartered in Elba, Ala., and services customers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi.

The distribution division will be renamed Ben E. Keith Foods – Southeast Division in the coming months, while manufacturing operations will remain Kelley Foods, a division of Ben E. Keith Foods.

Oracle to Acquire LogFire

The addition of LogFire will complement the logistics functionality of the Oracle SCM Cloud by adding cloud-based warehouse management capabilities.

Oracle is currently reviewing the existing LogFire product roadmap and will be providing guidance to customers in accordance with Oracle's standard product communication policies.

BNSF Launches Faster Intermodal Service Between Pacific Northwest and Texas

This new service option, the first of other new routes that will be announced and rolled out over the next year, comes just in time for the fall fruit harvest in the Pacific Northwest and will help businesses get their products to market more efficiently.

Shippers who move commodities and a wide range of consumer goods between Portland, Ore., or Seattle, Wash. and Dallas/Fort Worth (AllianceTexas) will now be able to reduce their transit times by up to two days when compared to rail transit time options currently in the marketplace.

Court Ruling Weakens Uber Driver Class Action Suit Over Contractor Status

The decision could also limit the scope of a separate class action that had involved 385,000 drivers in California and Massachusetts. Those drivers said they were employees entitled to reimbursement for expenses like gas and vehicle maintenance.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Calif. said agreements signed by the two former drivers who filed a proposed class action lawsuit over background checks 'clearly and unmistakably' required a private arbitrator, not a federal judge, to decide whether the claims should be kept out of court.

E-Commerce Merchant Recalls Soup Over Botulism Concerns

FDA inspection of the establishment reveals that the firm does not have valid process schedules or process documentation to ensure that these soups products have been sufficiently processed to prevent the growth of Clostridium botulinum.

Products were distributed through Internet website purchases. The products are packaged in 16-ounce glass jars with white lids and a white plastic with brown lettering safety seal.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

CMA CGM Seeks to Sell Neptune Orient Lines’ Port Assets, Including Two in U.S.

The terminals to be put up for sale include Dutch Harbor in Alaska and Global Gateway South in Los Angeles. NOL also operates terminals in China, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam and Thailand.

The terminals to be put up for sale include Dutch Harbor in Alaska and Global Gateway South in Los Angeles.

Emerging Technologies

Blockchain Technology Tested to Fight Fishing Industry Slavery

With the seafood industry notorious for human rights abuses and illegal fishing, campaigners hope the technology, piloted by a U.K.-based company Provenance, could help retailers, manufacturers and restaurants prove the origins of their fish.

This isn't the first time the fishing industry in Southeast Asia has been accused of worker abuse, with these 11 Burmese migrants were rescued in this file photo from June of 2012.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

U.S. Judge Extends Hanjin Bankruptcy Protection, Helping Vessels Docked at U.S. Ports

The order is temporary and Hanjin will need to return to court on Friday for a final order after talks with stakeholders to try to resolve complex problems involving ports, terminal operators and retailers.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Sherwood approved a motion by the world's seventh-largest container carrier that sought to extend to the United States the protection from creditors that it has under receivership in South Korea.

Auburn University Food System Institute Website Advises on Logistics Security

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has designated 16 “critical infrastructure” sectors considered so vital that their incapacitation or destruction would seriously hurt the country. One of these sectors is food and agriculture.

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South Korean Government Signals $91 M to Support Hanjin Shipping

Government officials in Seoul said that more than $90 million of public funds could be available to the stricken company if it could also raise money from other sources.

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Kroger Commits to 100% Cage-Free Eggs, Launches Private Label Line

A Kroger-branded line of eggs that quietly hit shelves nationwide this week will make them more affordable to a wider range of consumers.

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Northern Transportation Faces Bankruptcy

Northern Transportation, which delivered construction material to the Distant Early Warning system during the Cold War and the first drilling rig to Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay in 1963, is sinking in debt and faces the end of court-ordered bankruptcy protection.

Owned by an Inuvialuit corporation, the company owes $130 million, most of it to a consortium of Canadian banks.

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