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West Coast Ports Get Creative As Cargo Piles Up

Port of Los Angeles

All the pressure has management at the Southern California ports, which combined handle 40 percent of all containerized freight for the U.S., thinking about ways they can speed things up.

Semi trucks hauling a containers leave the Port of Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Nearly all West Coast seaports began the week with dockworkers hustling to load and unload cargo ships that were held up amid a months-long labor-management dispute.

Ben E. Keith To Accelerate Inbound Logistics Performance With ArrowStream Crossbow

By centralizing its inbound logistics information in Crossbow, Ben E. Keith will see savings drivers and will be able to attach lane-level operational and financial targets to all improvement initiatives across its network.

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Port of Quincy Seeks $16.2 M For Intermodal Terminal

The Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal Infrastructure Expansion Project has received widespread support with dozens of shippers and organizations sending letters to the Washington State Legislature in support of the request.

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Featured In Food Logistics: Useful Insights On Global Cold Storage Capacity

Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA)

The Global Cold Storage Capacity Report from the Global Cold Chain Alliance offers companies looking to learn about growth opportunities in the global cold chain an excellent tool for planning their strategy.

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Featured In Food Logistics: Recalls Demand Preparing For The Unexpected

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Every consumer-goods company should plan for these contingencies, particularly in the food industry, where the potential impact to consumer safety and brand equity has far-reaching implications.

In the U.S. alone, foodborne illness causes an estimated 48 million illnesses and 3,000 deaths each year.

Walmart Unveils Sustainability Leaders Shop

The launch of the Sustainability Leaders shop builds on the company’s ambition to provide customers more information about the products they purchase at Walmart.

Farmers Turn To Robots As New Farm Hands

Harvest Automation created robots that help automate and mechanize labor in nurseries and greenhouses, navigate autonomously, and help farmers move goods and gather information within existing and some unstructured environments.

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E-Commerce Solutions

Global E-Commerce War Heats Up In Response To Chinese Trade Policies

Encouraged by tax-relief programs and other policies from last year, logistics firms including SF Express and state-owned Sinotrans are grabbing a piece of the cross-border e-commerce market which the government estimates to be worth $1 trillion by 2016.

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Brazilian Truckers Strike Crimps Food Deliveries

The protests are part of a reaction to the return of fuel taxes, one of several unpopular measures that President Dilma Rousseff is counting on to shore up government fiscal accounts.

Striking truckers block a federal highway in Goiania, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Weeklong protests by Brazilian truckers demanding lower fuel and toll prices have spread, causing shortages of gasoline and other products.

Featured In Food Logistics: Changing Distribution Strategies Challenge Fleet Managers

Food and beverage shippers are responding to a push from national to regional distribution, driven partly by the demand for locally-sourced products.

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Indonesia’s Blue Bird Group Combines Three Logistics Companies

Blue Bird is hoping to create a company that offers a full range of logistics services, including warehousing, to big-name clients such as convenience store chain 7-Eleven and consumer products giant P&G.

China Fruit Imports Jump 23% In 2014

Leading the imports were bananas, with imports increasing 119 percent to more than 1.1 million tons.

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