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Ocean Ports & Carriers
East Coast Ports Not Ready For Enhanced Panama Canal
As the wider, deeper canal nears its debut next month, ports that stand to gain aren’t ready to handle the bigger ships that will come through.
Another possible drag on new canal traffic is the slumping global economy, which has pummeled shipping rates and left many cargo ships idle.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Ocean Carriers Mull Carbon Emissions Rules
The shipping sector, like aviation, was excluded from any target cuts under last year's Paris climate deal, which set a goal of restricting the rise in global average temperature to less than 2 degrees Celsius.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the U.N. agency responsible for regulating pollution from ships, forecasts CO2 emissions from vessels rising anywhere between 50 percent and 250 percent by 2050 in its 'business as usual' case, as economies grow and trade increases.
Software & Technology
Target Corp. Invests In Disruptive Technology To Boost Food Transparency
The Food + Future coLab is a multi-year collaboration between Target, IDEO and MIT’s Media Lab.
The Food + Future coLab is a multi-year collaboration between Target, IDEO and MIT’s Media Lab.
Software Solutions
Kewill To Acquire LeanLogistics
Kewill
Kewill, a provider of software for supply chain execution, has agreed to purchase LeanLogistics from parent Brambles, Limited.
Kewill, a provider of software for supply chain execution, has agreed to purchase LeanLogistics from parent Brambles, Limited.
Regulations
How The CDC Traced The Current Listeria Outbreak’s Source
It may seem as if this outbreak is unfolding in slow motion, but that is because the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a new tool to track the bacteria's spread: the sequenced genome of listeria.
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Warehousing
Container Carriers Negotiate Third Ocean Carrier Alliance
The companies at stake are Hapag-Lloyd, Hanjin, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), MOL, NYK, ‘K’ Line, Yang Ming, and UASC, along with Hamburg Sud which has a series of agreements with UASC.
The companies at stake are Hapag-Lloyd, Hanjin, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), MOL, NYK, ‘K’ Line, Yang Ming, and UASC, along with Hamburg Sud which has a series of agreements with UASC.
Transportation
Weak Long-Haul Demand Impacts Class 8 Truck Orders
North American Class 8 truck net orders fell for the fourth consecutive month to 13,500 units, showing a negative 16 percent month over month and minus 39 percent year over year comparisons and the lowest April since 2009.
North American Class 8 truck net orders fell for the fourth consecutive month to 13,500 units, showing a negative 16 percent month over month and minus 39 percent year over year comparisons and the lowest April since 2009.
Sustainability
Target Cracks Down On Suppliers, Invests $5 Billion In Supply Chain
Target Corporation
The moves, effective May 30, are the first major steps Target has taken since Mulligan was appointed as COO late in 2015 to fix supply problems that emerged after it expanded product offerings, including fresh food, several years ago.
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Transportation
Diesel Prices Continue Upward Movement In 2016
The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel increased 6.8 cents, hitting $2.266 in the U.S. Despite a string of price increases this year, the price is still 58.8 cents cheaper than it was in the same week last year.
The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel increased 6.8 cents, hitting $2.266 in the U.S. Despite a string of price increases this year, the price is still 58.8 cents cheaper than it was in the same week last year.
Regulations
Listeria Outbreak Expands Frozen Fruits And Vegetable Recall
The expanded recall of frozen vegetables includes all of the frozen organic and non-organic fruit and vegetable products manufactured or processed in CRF Frozen Foods' Pasco, Wash., facility since May 1, 2014.
A look at the disease transmission factors associated with Listeria monocytogenes point out some unique and difficult problems that can confound our controls.
Sustainability
Grain Traders Reject Genetically Modified Soybeans Without EU Approval
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. and Bunge Ltd., two of the largest U.S. grain traders, said they won’t accept a new variety of genetically-modified soybean being marketed by Monsanto Co. because it hasn’t been approved by the European Union.
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Regulations
Starbucks Customer Seeks $5 Million Over Ice Count
Starbucks Co.
The suit, filed by Stacy Pincus, claims that while Starbucks advertises its cold drinks by fluid ounce, the numbers are only accurate when ice is added to a drink.
A Starbucks customer from Chicago has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the coffee chain, accusing it of using too much ice in its cold drinks.
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