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Kottke Trucking Acquires Walbon’s OTR Division

Kottke Trucking, Inc. has purchased Walbon & Company, Inc.’s over-the-road (OTR) operations, including Walbon’s routes, trucks, trailers and Wildwood, Fla.-based terminal.

The acquisition will not affect the Buffalo Lake, Minn. based operations that Kottke has held for nearly eight decades.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

FMC Commissioner Halts Ocean Alliance Agreement, Requests Information

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

Commissioner William P. Doyle voted in favor of requesting additional information (RFAI) from The Ocean Alliance parties, effectively halting the agreement until the filing parties answer the questions proposed in the RFAI.

“We’ve been down this road before with language proposed but not implemented by the P3 Alliance and the language in the existing 2M Alliance (Maersk and MSC). I’d like to see fair dealing and transparency in how the parties handle negotiations with third parties, suppliers, small businesses, and other service providers. Using their proposed buying power through proposed joint purchasing agreements could harm both downstream and upstream participants,” Commissioner Doyle (above) said.

Consumer Group Urges FDA to Improve Supermarket Recall Notification Rules

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

In a letter to FDA Deputy Commissioner Stephen Ostroff, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) wrote that it is concerned by the agency’s lack of progress on this particular provision of the FSMA.

In a letter to FDA Deputy Commissioner Stephen Ostroff, CSPI wrote that it is concerned by the agency’s lack of progress on this particular provision of the FSMA.

Flatwater Transportation Acquires Riedemann Transport

Riedemann, which has been in business for 20 years, specializes in refrigerated trucking to local and national customers throughout the U.S.

Flatwater Transportation, based in Winnebago, Neb., has terminals in Bellevue and will add the former Riedemann's terminals in Paullina.

FDA Extends Certain FSMA Compliance Dates; Issues Draft Guidance

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

While the major provisions of the FSMA rules are being implemented as planned, the FDA issued a final rule that extends and clarifies the compliance dates for certain provisions in four of the seven foundational rules.

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Software Solutions

Logility Acquires Integration Solutions Provider AdapChain

AdapChain’s technology speeds and simplifies the complex integration of supply chain with enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions through a proven template-based approach.

The acquisition builds on years of collaboration between AdapChain and Logility to develop an application with proven ERP templates that redefine and simplify supply chain integrations for companies around the world.

Court Rules Against Ozburn-Hessey Logistics’ Efforts to Halt Unionization

The D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rebuffed OHL’s appeal of National Labor Relations Board rulings that favored the United Steelworkers union.

The United Steelworkers started organizing OHL warehouses in 2009 and narrowly won a vote by workers in May 2013, but OHL appealed and refused to recognize the union.

FMCSA Proposes Allowing 18-Year Olds to Drive Commercial Vehicles Across State Lines

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

FMCSA has proposed a pilot program to allow a limited number of individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 to operate commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce if they have received specified heavy-vehicle driver training.

During the three-year pilot program, the safety records of these younger drivers would be compared to the records of a control group of comparable size, comprised of drivers who are 21 years of age or older and who have comparable training and experience in driving vehicles requiring a commercial driver's license (CDL).

FMCSA Defends 30-Minute Rest Break Rule, Nixes Proposal

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, a national association of commercial motor vehicle enforcement officials, petitioned FMCSA in November 2015 to drop the mandatory 30-minute rest break.

The CVSA petition noted roadside law enforcement officers and inspectors have no way to know for sure that truckers are actually not working during the 30-minute rest break. Along with not having any way to verify the legitimacy of the rest break, enforcement is also complicated by the exemptions to the rest break FMCSA has granted to select segments of the trucking industry, according to CVSA.

Judge Rejects Challenge Against World Logistics Center in Moreno Valley, Calif.

The recent ruling by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Sharon Waters came two weeks after a day-long hearing on the first round of lawsuits against Moreno Valley and warehouse developer Highland Fairview.

An artist's rendering of the future site of the behemoth 2,600-acre World Logistics Center in the region east of Los Angeles known as the Inland Empire.

Maersk Still Mulling Splitting Into Two Companies

A.P. Moller- Maersk

The new “Maersk Transport” company would include the Maersk Line, APM Terminals, Maersk Tankers, Damco and Svitzer divisions. “Maersk Energy” would include Maersk Oil, Maersk Drilling and Maersk Supply Service.

Danish shipping and oil group A. P. Moller-Maersk could split up into separate companies, its chairman said on Thursday after naming Soren Skou, the head of its container business, as chief executive.

FDA Recalls Imported Scallops in Response to Hepatitis A Outbreak

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

As of last Wednesday, 206 people had been confirmed with Hepatitis A infections. All victims are adults and about one in four have required hospitalization, Hawaii health officials said.

None of the implicated scallops were sold direct to consumers, according to a notice posted today by the Food and Drug Administration, but they were distributed restaurants and retailers in California, Hawaii and Nevada.

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