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Carbon Footprint

Tetra Pak Releases 2014 Sustainability Update

The report highlights the company’s 2013 achievements in the areas of environmental performance, social responsibility and good governance.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Tampa Bay And Florida Ports Council Celebrate Water Resources Reform and Development Act

Florida members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee participated in a panel to discuss the benefits of the historic, bipartisan legislation signed into law by President Obama, in June 2014.

Richard Biter, Assistant Secretary for Intermodal, Florida Dept. of Transportation; Congressman Daniel Webster; Port Tampa Bay President & CEO Paul Anderson; Congressman Steve Southerland; and Florida Ports Council President Doug Wheeler.

Clean Energy To Fuel Bimbo Bakeries First Heavy-Duty Natural Gas Trucks

Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

Clean Energy and approximately 40 competitors have opened nearly 100 public heavy-duty truck-friendly stations so far in 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, Alternative Fuels Data Center.

Transportation Investment To Grow Rapidly In South Africa

Infrastructure spending is expected to grow to more than $9 trillion annually by 2025, up from $4 trillion in 2012, according to a new report issued by PwC, “Capital Project and Infrastructure Spending: Outlook to 2025.”

Jonathan Cawood, PwC Head of Capital Projects and Infrastructure for Africa.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Tampa Bay Signs Agreement With Cartagena, Colombia Port

This signing is the latest in a string of similar agreements between Florida’s largest port and other key Latin American ports such as Quequén, Argentina; Barranquilla, Colombia; Veracruz, Mexico; JAPDEVA, Costa Rica and the Panama Canal Authority.

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McCall Farms Recalls Margaret Holmes 14.5 oz Turnip Greens and 14.5 oz Mixed Greens Due To Questionable Seals

The affected product was distributed to retailers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee.

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Risk/Compliance

Report Examines Food Fraud And Safeguarding The Supply Chain

NSF International

Effective implementation of the report's recommendations will require industry and government coordination as well as expert support to protect consumers.

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U.S. Growers Cold Storage Presents Sam Perricone Memorial Scholarship

Sam Perricone, who passed away in 2011, was one of the founding partners of U.S. Growers.

Featured In Food Logistics: Refrigerated Trailers Get Lighter And Longer Lasting

Trucking firms are generally more conservative when it comes to new equipment purchases right now because other costs – compliance with various regulations, driver and employee costs – are taking precedence.

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Instacart To Launch Grocery Delivery In Boulder, Colo.

The Boulder region would be the 15th market for the San Francisco-based company that developed an on-demand service that allows customers to order groceries from different stores and have those items delivered in some cases in under an hour's time.

Fleet Management

Omnitracs To Acquire XRS Corp.

Omnitracs | Solera Fleet Solutions

Both Omnitracs and XRS have been pioneers in developing fleet management and compliance technology, so the combined company will continue to provide products and services that help fleets stay safe and improve productivity.

Postal Service To Deliver Fresh Food For Amazon

U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

The agency will deliver orders to members of the AmazonFresh online grocery service between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m., when postal trucks typically would be idle.

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