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U.S. Security Panel Approves ChemChina’s Syngenta Takeover

The decision removes significant uncertainty over the takeover of the world's largest pesticides maker after the two companies agreed to a deal in February.

A U.S. national security panel has cleared ChemChina's $43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta, the companies said, boosting chances that the largest foreign acquisition ever by a Chinese company will go through.

Fuel Efficiency

EPA and DOT Finalize GHG and Fuel-Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The final phase two program promotes a new generation of cleaner, more fuel-efficient trucks by encouraging the development and deployment of new and advanced cost-effective technologies.

The final standards are expected to lower CO2 emissions by approximately 1.1 billion metric tons, save vehicle owners fuel costs of about $170 billion, and reduce oil consumption by up to two billion barrels over the lifetime of the vehicles sold under the program.

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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Logistics Industry Faces Big Employee Recruitment Challenge

A new MHI report says the logistics business will be looking to fill about 1.4 million jobs, or roughly 270,000 per year, by 2018.

The logistics industry faces a big challenge recruiting the 1.4 million supply chain workers it will need by 2018, according to an article in Fortune.

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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McDonald’s Transition to Cage-Free Eggs: An Inside Look at Creating a New Supply Chain

McDonald's Corp.

Experience to date indicates there are other health issues related to cage-free chickens. Free birds require more food and the air in cage-free units have higher levels of toxic components and are worse for the humans who work there.

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Cyclospora Outbreak Afflicts 88 in Texas

Eighty-eight cases of cyclospora infection have been reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services this year — including 28 cases reported in August and 55 cases confirmed in July.

Last year there were 316 cyclosporiasis cases reported in the state.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

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.

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.

Animal Rights Group Sues USDA, Seeks to Ban Foie Gras

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

ALDF claims foie gras consists of the pathologically diseased livers of ducks and geese, who are force-fed massive amounts of grain, which causes their livers to swell to up to 10 times their normal size and induces painful conditions in the birds.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund is also working to uphold California’s landmark ban on foie gras against an ongoing attack from the makers and purveyors of this cruel product.

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.

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